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INTRODUCTION &ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Hon. David Ramsay, 1794
Hon. George Washington Adams, 1824
Hon. Noah Webster, 1798
Hon. George Bancroft, 1826
Hon. John Lathrop, Jr.,1796
Hon. Elias Boudinot, 1793
Hon. Daniel Webster, 1851
Hon. John Quincy Adams, 1837
Rev. Samuel Davies, 1755
On this day eighteen years [ago], a nation was born at once - a new order of things arose and an ill
I will not wound your ears on this festive day by a repetition of the many injuries received by this
Among the privileges enjoyed by the citizens of these States, we may reckon an exemption from eccles
Our political situation resulting from independence tends to exalt and improve the minds of our citi
equal rights of man - call to mind the slaughtered thousands whose blood is daily shedding on the pl
From the increase of our trade and population new ports are daily opened and new towns and cities li
That we may rightly prize our political condition, let us cast our eyes over the inhabitants of the
what is excellent in it, we have transplanted into our own (with additions and improvements). Is tri
t Do Englishmen boast of the privileges they enjoy by virtue of the act of Parliament commonly cal
tt - we enjoy the same, and with more facility [ease of use], for with us two magistrates (one of
ttt - we have much more reason to be proud of our Constitution. Whoever examines these declaratory
ยง "All power is originally vested in the people, and all free governments are founded on their aut
Do Englishmen value themselves on what is called Magna Charta?
Many of those tried friends who bravely fought our battles or who wisely conducted our civil affairs
virtue and knowledge among our citizens. On this subject, the policy of the eastern States is well w
t - no crafty Cataline
tt - no ambitious Alexander
The causes of great events, those events themselves, and their extensive consequences, are subjects
Born in a republic, Christopher Columbus was brought up upon the bosom of the wave and fitted for th
The Reformation - emanating from Germany - passed into England, and owing to the fortunate conjunctu
faith.
In this state of things, our forefathers - tired of a fruitless struggle with the dominant power and
best title was afterwards acquired by purchase from the natives of the soil
Hardly had they completed the outline of their town before the indiscretion of their countrymen surr
"A precious stone set in the silver sea"
where were the tombs of their fathers and the homes of their kindred - where their earliest affectio
tt had deserted it and left green Albion
It' a barren waste girt with a triple wall of regal tyranny. What was the beauty of the earth to t
This point once gained, there was no limit to the interest which attended the investigation of relig
This character, which intercourse [discussion] and habit in the next generation had extended and con
such hard conditions as completely changed its office. Violent and arbitrary maxims of government (c
During the reigns of the last Charles and James, the value of the American plantations began to be a
commerce were made returnable through the British market.
Was it to be imagined that a people such as we have shown - habitually jealous of their liberties -
tt they lost that right of choosing their own executive which had so long protected them in freedo
The revolution commenced with the resistance made to an order from the superior court of this provin
with acclamation throughout the Colonies. The arm of tyranny was palsied [paralyzed] by the blow - i
These are the reasons why this sublime instrument marks an advancement of the human mind - these a
Brutus,
t or bred in the faith of Cato,
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