| William Belsham - 1795 - 496 pagini
...their taking up arms. "WE are reduced," say they, " to the alternative of unconditional submission, or resistance by force ; the latter is our choice....cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which... | |
| John Dickinson - 1801 - 450 pagini
...vengeance of administration can inflict them, the complicated calamities of fire, sword, and famine. We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional...COST OF THIS CONTEST, AND FIND NOTHING SO DREADFUL AS VOLUNTARY SLAVERY.— Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pagini
...to enforce the claims of Great Britain are then enumerated ; after which the manifesto proceeds : " We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional...cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom, which... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 648 pagini
...to enforce the claims of Great Britain are then enumerated ; after which the manifesto proceeds. ' ' We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional...we have counted the cost of this contest, and find noCHAP. in. thing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, 1775. justice, and humanity forbid us tamely... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 654 pagini
...administration to enforce the claims of Great Britain are then enumerated; after which the manifesto proceeds. " We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional...the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force....the latter is our choice....we have counted the cost of this contest, and find noCHAP. HI.... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 432 pagini
...alternative of choosing unconditional submission to the tyranny of ministers, or resistance by force. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." About this time the continental congress unanimously appointed George Washington,... | |
| Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 pagini
...of administration «an inflict them, the coru^iid calamities of fire, sword and famine. conditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The btter is our choice. We have counted the cobt of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary... | |
| Richard Snowden - 1805 - 398 pagini
...proceed thus, ."We are reduced to the alternative of chusing an unconditional submission to tyranny, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice....cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1805 - 410 pagini
...alternative of choosing unconditional submission to the tyranny of ministers, or resistance by force. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." About this time the continental congress unanimously appointed George Washington,... | |
| Richard Snowden - 1806 - 392 pagini
...are ' reduced to the alternative of chusing an unconditional' submission - to tyranny, or resitance by force. The latter, is our choice. We have counted...cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery, flondur, jnsticej iirid .humanity, forbid us tamely to; surrender that' freedoni... | |
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