The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792, Τόμος 2G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892 - 3 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 40
... debts contracted before the war , it is no more than justice requires , nor do I think it would have been sound policy in us to have abrogated them , had it been in our power . The far - fetched distinctions which have been attempted to ...
... debts contracted before the war , it is no more than justice requires , nor do I think it would have been sound policy in us to have abrogated them , had it been in our power . The far - fetched distinctions which have been attempted to ...
Σελίδα 45
... debts which may infringe the articles of the peace , under the mistaken idea that Great Britain will not risk a renewal of the war on account of such an infraction of the treaty . We see by the late public papers that the terms of peace ...
... debts which may infringe the articles of the peace , under the mistaken idea that Great Britain will not risk a renewal of the war on account of such an infraction of the treaty . We see by the late public papers that the terms of peace ...
Σελίδα 46
... debts due to British mer- chants , what have we been fighting for all this while ? " Surely not to avoid our just debts or to cheat our creditors ; but to rescue our country from the oppression and tyranny of the British government ...
... debts due to British mer- chants , what have we been fighting for all this while ? " Surely not to avoid our just debts or to cheat our creditors ; but to rescue our country from the oppression and tyranny of the British government ...
Σελίδα 48
... debts , or in any other matter whatsoever , whereby the public faith , sol- emnly pledged by the American Commissioners duly authorized , may be violated , and this country again involved in the calamities of war , or the danger of ...
... debts , or in any other matter whatsoever , whereby the public faith , sol- emnly pledged by the American Commissioners duly authorized , may be violated , and this country again involved in the calamities of war , or the danger of ...
Σελίδα 49
... debts due to British creditors , according to its real value in specie , to be adjusted by the legal scale of depreciation , at the time each sum was respect- ively placed in the Treasury ; and that such debts , as well as all other ...
... debts due to British creditors , according to its real value in specie , to be adjusted by the legal scale of depreciation , at the time each sum was respect- ively placed in the Treasury ; and that such debts , as well as all other ...
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The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792: Including His Speeches, Public ..., Τόμος 2 Kate Mason Rowland Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 1964 |
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Σελίδα 448 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Σελίδα 283 - ... when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Σελίδα 28 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.
Σελίδα 197 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Σελίδα 446 - ... all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the public good.
Σελίδα 446 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty...
Σελίδα 445 - Of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of mal-administration ; and...
Σελίδα 446 - That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary ; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections...
Σελίδα 449 - ... delegate ; and the delegates of a state or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such...
Σελίδα 447 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.