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Pagina 41
... means of defending ourselves . With hearts fortified by these animat- ing reflections , we most solemnly , before God and the world , DECLARE , that , exerting the utmost en- ergy of those powers , which our beneficent Creator hath ...
... means of defending ourselves . With hearts fortified by these animat- ing reflections , we most solemnly , before God and the world , DECLARE , that , exerting the utmost en- ergy of those powers , which our beneficent Creator hath ...
Pagina 42
... mean not to dis- solve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us , and which we sincerely wish to see restored . - Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure , or induced us to ex- cite any other ...
... mean not to dis- solve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us , and which we sincerely wish to see restored . - Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure , or induced us to ex- cite any other ...
Pagina 48
... to Almighty God , to your majesty , to our fellow - sub- jects , and to ourselves , immediately to use all the means in our power , not incompatible with our safe- ty , for stopping the further effusion of blood , ( ) 48.
... to Almighty God , to your majesty , to our fellow - sub- jects , and to ourselves , immediately to use all the means in our power , not incompatible with our safe- ty , for stopping the further effusion of blood , ( ) 48.
Pagina 49
... means of defending ourselves . With hearts fortified by these animat- ing reflections , we most solemnly , before God and the world , DECLARE , that , exerting the utmost en- ergy of those powers , which our beneficent Creator hath ...
... means of defending ourselves . With hearts fortified by these animat- ing reflections , we most solemnly , before God and the world , DECLARE , that , exerting the utmost en- ergy of those powers , which our beneficent Creator hath ...
Pagina 49
... mean not to dis- solve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us , and which we sincerely wish to see restored . — Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure , or induced us to ex- cite any other ...
... mean not to dis- solve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us , and which we sincerely wish to see restored . — Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure , or induced us to ex- cite any other ...
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Pagina 68 - Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, " Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?
Pagina 132 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without friends or a government to support you. " You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Pagina 161 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Pagina 29 - JUStice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Pagina 29 - Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties — being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES.
Pagina 29 - Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the Divine...
Pagina 31 - With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the Universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to protect us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Pagina 30 - They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.