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" have dictated the expedient; and if in any instances we have assumed powers which the laws invest in the sovereign or his representatives, it has been only in defence of our persons, properties and those rights which God and the constitution have made... "
The South Atlantic Quarterly - Page 225
edited by - 1909
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 518 pages
...dictated the expedient; and if, ml' ,. , .. . | Penn, and of discussing a motion which the duke •ny instances, we have assumed powers which the laws invest...the constitution have made unalienably ours. As soon asj of Richmond proposed to ground on such information аз that gentleman should afford the housePrevious...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pages
...discussing a motion which the duke •. . ., of Richmond proposed to ground on such informa/ •nv instances, we have assumed powers which the] laws...representatives, it has been only in defence of our persons, prot ion as that gentleman should afford the house. Previous to the calling of Mr. Penn to the bar,...
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A Defence of the Revolutionary History of the State of North Carolina: From ...

Joseph Seawell Jones - 1834 - 370 pages
...Constitution, our own safety and selfpreservation have dictated the expedient; and if, in any instance, we have assumed powers which the laws invest in the sovereign or his representatives, it has only been in defence of our persons, properties, and those rights, which God and the Constitution have...
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A Defence of the Revolutionary History of the State of North Carolina from ...

Joseph Seawell Jones - 1834 - 370 pages
...Constitution, our own safety and selfpreservation have dictated the expedient; and if, in any instance, we have assumed powers which the laws invest in the sovereign or his representatives, it has only been in defence of our persons, properties, and those rights, which God and the Constitution have...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 546 pages
...and prayer to be restored to the state they were in before 1763; that, if they have in any instance assumed powers which the laws invest in the sovereign, or his representatives, "it has only been in defence of their persons, properties, and unalienable rights; declaring that as soon as...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 632 pages
...and prayer to be restored to the state they were in before 1763; that, if they have in any instance assumed powers which the laws invest in the sovereign or his representatives, " it has only been in defence of their persons, properties, and unalicnable rights; declaring that as soon as...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 684 pages
...and prayer to be restored to the state they were in before 1763; that, if they have in any instance assumed powers which the laws invest in the sovereign, or his representatives, "it has,only been in defence of their persons, properties, and unalienable rights; declaring that as soon...
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The North American Review, Volume 118

1874 - 488 pages
...expedient; and if in any instance we have ttssumed powers which the laws invest in. the sovereign and his representatives, it has been only in defence of...those rights which God and the Constitution have made inalienably ours. As soon as the cause of our fears and apprehensions is removed, with joy will we...
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Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 542 pages
..."Whenever we have departed from the forms of the constitution, our own safety and selfpreservation have dictated the expedient ; and if in any instances...our fears and apprehensions are removed, with joy will we return these powers to their regular channels ; and such institutions formed from mere necessity,...
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Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the ...

Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
..."Whenever we have departed from the forms of the constitution, our own safety and selfpreservation have dictated the expedient ; and if in any instances...our fears and apprehensions are removed, with joy will we return these powers to their regular channels ; and such institutions formed from mere necessity,...
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