 You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you, to be our greatest glory,...  The North American Review - Seite 428herausgegeben von - 1844Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Bancroft - 1886
...appeal. You have been told that we are impatient of government and desirous of independency. These are calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves,...be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness. But if you are determined that your ministers shall wantonly sport with the rights of mankind; if neither... | |
 | 1886
...and desirous of independence. These are calumnies. Permit us to be free as yourselves, and we shall esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness." It is always the unexpected that happens, however, and, strange as it may appear, in little more than... | |
 | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia - 1887 - 159 Seiten
...should overthrow the " power of a wicked and corrupt ministry," they used these bold and noble words: "Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall...to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness ; we shall ever be ready to contribute all in our power to the welfare of the empire ; we shall consider... | |
 | John Freeman Baker - 1887 - 126 Seiten
...Mr. Jay, in his address to the people of England, October, 1774, spoke the voice of the colonies: " Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall...be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness; we shall ever be ready to contribute all in our power to the welfare of the empire; we shall consider... | |
 | William Whitelock - 1887 - 370 Seiten
...virtue, much justice, and much public spirit, in the English nation. To that justice we now appeal. You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independence. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1888 - 233 Seiten
...told that we are impatient of government and desire independence. These are calumnies. Permit us to be free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union...our greatest glory and our greatest happiness." And the Declaration itself is a 100 confident appeal to God and the world for the justice of the cause... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888
...virtue, much justice, and much public spirit in the English nation. To that justice we now appeal . You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independence. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves,... | |
 | John Jay - 1890 - 490 Seiten
...virtue, much justice, and much public spirit in the English nation. To that justice we now appeal. You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independence. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves,... | |
 | 1892 - 84 Seiten
...virtue, much justice, and much public spirit in the English nation. — To that justice we now appeal. You have been told that we are seditious, impatient...to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness ; we shall ever be ready to contribute all in our power to the welfare of the empire ; we shall consider... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 365 Seiten
...much virtue, much justice, much public spirit, in the English nation. To that justice we now appeal. You have been told that we are seditious, impatient...be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem n union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness.'1 From the petition of the Congress... | |
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