Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... constitutions are broken , and the deaths among them are more than the births ; so that a continual supply is needed from Africa . The northern colonies having few slaves , increase in whites . Slaves also pejorate the families that use ...
... constitutions are broken , and the deaths among them are more than the births ; so that a continual supply is needed from Africa . The northern colonies having few slaves , increase in whites . Slaves also pejorate the families that use ...
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... constitution of this country . have a privilege few other countries enjoy ; that of choosing the third branch of the legislature , which branch has alone the power of regulating their taxes . Now whenever the government finds it ...
... constitution of this country . have a privilege few other countries enjoy ; that of choosing the third branch of the legislature , which branch has alone the power of regulating their taxes . Now whenever the government finds it ...
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... constitution , which establishes the liberty of the press - a liberty which every Pennsylvanian would fight and die for ; though few of us , I believe , have distinct ideas of its nature and extent . It seems , indeed , somewhat like ...
... constitution , which establishes the liberty of the press - a liberty which every Pennsylvanian would fight and die for ; though few of us , I believe , have distinct ideas of its nature and extent . It seems , indeed , somewhat like ...
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... constitutional ; and thwarting unnecessarily the fixed prejudices of so great a number of the king's subjects . It was not , however , for want of knowledge that what he was about to do would give them offence ; he appears to have been ...
... constitutional ; and thwarting unnecessarily the fixed prejudices of so great a number of the king's subjects . It was not , however , for want of knowledge that what he was about to do would give them offence ; he appears to have been ...
Page 81
... else- where ; ) but now they have as good as declared they have a right to tax us ad libitum , internally and externally ; and that our constitutions and liber- ties shall all be taken away , if we do COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 81.
... else- where ; ) but now they have as good as declared they have a right to tax us ad libitum , internally and externally ; and that our constitutions and liber- ties shall all be taken away , if we do COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 81.
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