The Life and Times of Thomas JeffersonJ. W. Bradley, 1857 - 400 páginas |
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... ment on important Committees His Reports - Mr . Dick- inson of Pennsylvania - Mr . Jefferson prepares a Consti- tution and Declaration of Rights for Virginia - The Legis PAQE 15 41 lature of Virginia recommends a Declaration of Independ ...
... ment on important Committees His Reports - Mr . Dick- inson of Pennsylvania - Mr . Jefferson prepares a Consti- tution and Declaration of Rights for Virginia - The Legis PAQE 15 41 lature of Virginia recommends a Declaration of Independ ...
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... ment of Hamilton's Views - Hamilton's Superiority — Mr . Jefferson's purpose of Retiring - Giles ' Resolutions - Jef- ferson's Vindication of Himself - His profound and able Opinion in reference to the War with France - Conduct of Genet ...
... ment of Hamilton's Views - Hamilton's Superiority — Mr . Jefferson's purpose of Retiring - Giles ' Resolutions - Jef- ferson's Vindication of Himself - His profound and able Opinion in reference to the War with France - Conduct of Genet ...
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... ment .. No. XII . Jefferson's Views on the Cession of Louisiana , in a Letter to Captain Lewis No. XIII . 356 359 . 360 Jefferson's Family and Descendants .. No. XIV . Jefferson's Opinions in reference to the Society of the Cin- cinnati ...
... ment .. No. XII . Jefferson's Views on the Cession of Louisiana , in a Letter to Captain Lewis No. XIII . 356 359 . 360 Jefferson's Family and Descendants .. No. XIV . Jefferson's Opinions in reference to the Society of the Cin- cinnati ...
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... ment , the sooner I know it , the more of life I shall have to wear it off : and if I do meet with one , I hope in God , and verily believe , it will be the last . I assure you , that I almost envy you your present freedom ; and if ...
... ment , the sooner I know it , the more of life I shall have to wear it off : and if I do meet with one , I hope in God , and verily believe , it will be the last . I assure you , that I almost envy you your present freedom ; and if ...
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... ment were Jefferson , Patrick Henry , R. H. Lee , F. L. Lee , and Dabney Carr . These patriots adopted the plan of appointing Committees of Correspon- dence between the legislatures of the different colo- nies . The ultimate aim of ...
... ment were Jefferson , Patrick Henry , R. H. Lee , F. L. Lee , and Dabney Carr . These patriots adopted the plan of appointing Committees of Correspon- dence between the legislatures of the different colo- nies . The ultimate aim of ...
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Página 328 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
Página 326 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Página 126 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Página 141 - Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.
Página 254 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution, where peaceable remedies are unprovided ; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 326 - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses: For abolishing the...
Página 24 - Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Página 325 - He has suffered the administration of justice totally to cease in some of these states, refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made our judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices by a selfassumed power, and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Página 328 - ... and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity, [and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. At this very time too, they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and destroy us.
Página 348 - ... without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.