 | 1863 - 538 sivua
...to be free ! The other of those two arguments was even more conclusive and more clinching. It was, " That the question was not whether by a Declaration...whether we should declare a fact which already exists." " A fact which already exists ! " Mr. Mayor and Fellow Citizens, there is no more interesting historiI... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 510 sivua
...possible we should ever renew our connection ; that they had only opposed its being now declared : That the question was not whether, by a Declaration...already exists : That, as to the people or parliament flf England, we had always been independent of them, their restraints on our trade deriving efficacy... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 990 sivua
...far, our connection had been federal only, and was now dissolved by the commencement of hostilities: That the question was not whether, by a Declaration...declare a fact which already exists : That, as to the King, we had been bound to him by allegiance, but that mis bond was now dissolved by his assent to... | |
 | James Madison - 1841 - 684 sivua
...possible we should ever renew our connection ; that they had only opposed its being now declared : That the question was not whether, by a Declaration...are not, but whether we should declare a fact which alreadv exists : That, as to the people or Parliament of England, we had always been independent of... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 876 sivua
...proceeding ; the popular heart had been prepared for it. As was well said by John Adams at the time, " the question was not whether by a Declaration of Independence...whether we should declare a fact which already exists." And how did that fact exist? How had it been brought about? By what events, but those which had occurred... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 414 sivua
...proceeding ; the popular heart had been prepared for it As was well said by John Adams at the time, " the question was not whether by a Declaration of Independence...whether we should declare a fact which already exists." And how did that fact exist? How had it been brought about? By what events, but those which had occurred... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 800 sivua
...proceeding; the popular heart had been prepared for it. As was well said by John Adams at the time, " the question was not whether by a Declaration of Independence...whether we should declare a fact which already exists." And how did that fact exist? How had it been brought about ? By what events, but those which had occurred... | |
 | Lewis C. Munn - 1853 - 450 sivua
...proceeding ; the popular heart had been prepared for it. As was well said by John Adams at the time, " the question was not whether by a declaration of independence...whether we should declare a fact which already exists." And how did that fact exist ? Hew had it been brought about ? By what events, but those which had occurred... | |
 | William Thompson Read - 1870 - 596 sivua
...possible. 2. That the question was not that we should make ourselves by a declaration of independence what we are not, but whether we should declare a fact which already exists. 3. That as to the people or Parliament of Great Britain, wo had always been independent of them, their... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1876 - 56 sivua
...to be free ! The other of those two arguments was even more conclusive and more clinching. It was, u That the question was not whether by a Declaration...whether we should declare a fact which already exists." " A fact which already exists ! " Mr. Mayor and Fellow Citizens, there is no more interesting historical... | |
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That the question was not whether, by a declaration of independence, we should make ourselves what we are not; but whether we should declare a fact which already exists... 
