The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, Հատոր 1D. Appleton, 1850 - 375 էջ |
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... voted to his mother ; would hang fondly about her neck , and could only be soothed by her caresses . Of her Mrs. Dudley thus speaks : " She was a woman , not only of superior personal attractions , but excelled all others of her day in ...
... voted to his mother ; would hang fondly about her neck , and could only be soothed by her caresses . Of her Mrs. Dudley thus speaks : " She was a woman , not only of superior personal attractions , but excelled all others of her day in ...
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... vote was about to be taken on the ratification , Patrick Henry , seconded by Theodorick Bland , moved a resolution ... votes . Many who voted for it were members of the first Congress ; and some of them were among the most influential ...
... vote was about to be taken on the ratification , Patrick Henry , seconded by Theodorick Bland , moved a resolution ... votes . Many who voted for it were members of the first Congress ; and some of them were among the most influential ...
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... voted against the adoption of the Constitution , which was only carried by a majority of ten . So great was the im- pression made on the public mind by the arguments in the Conven- tion against the evil tendencies of the Constitution ...
... voted against the adoption of the Constitution , which was only carried by a majority of ten . So great was the im- pression made on the public mind by the arguments in the Conven- tion against the evil tendencies of the Constitution ...
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... voted against it . His objections were radical , extending to every department of govern- ment . He objected to the unlimited powers of taxation , conferred on a House of Representatives , which was but the shadow of repre- sentation ...
... voted against it . His objections were radical , extending to every department of govern- ment . He objected to the unlimited powers of taxation , conferred on a House of Representatives , which was but the shadow of repre- sentation ...
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... voting against the Constitution , then violent in its favor ; striving at first to steer above the influence of party , he was at length ingulfed and swept away by its current . " Friend Edmund , " said John Randolph years afterwards ...
... voting against the Constitution , then violent in its favor ; striving at first to steer above the influence of party , he was at length ingulfed and swept away by its current . " Friend Edmund , " said John Randolph years afterwards ...
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Էջ 140 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Էջ 140 - Three millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
Էջ 285 - An Act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Էջ 196 - The constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution.
Էջ 119 - States at any time during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States, within such time as shall be expressed in such order...
Էջ 54 - The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations, which may be soon turned into complaints.
Էջ 29 - We have no detail of those great considerations which, in my opinion, ought to have abounded before we should recur to a government of this kind. Here is a revolution as radical as that which separated us from Great Britain.
Էջ 53 - I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of the object as it stands stripped of every relation, in all the nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction.
Էջ 77 - Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, of the one part, and France on the other, and the duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent powers...
Էջ 42 - Treasury to digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of public credit...