Memoirs Of John Adams Dix Classic Reprint

Author : William Cranch
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ISBN 13 : 9781330996645
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (966 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of the Life, Character, and Writings of John Adams written by William Cranch and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoir of the Life, Character, and Writings of John Adams: Read March 16, 1827 in the Capitol in the City of Washington at the Request of the Columbian Institute, and Published at Their Order To appreciate, justly, the patriotic labors of our Revolutionary characters, it is necessary to take a rapid retrospect of the state of the country at the time they commenced their career of toil and glory; and to ascertain, if we can, how far their predecessors had advanced in asserting those principles which led to the ultimate Independence of the American Colonies. Before our ancestors first visited America, the English barons had, in some measure, circumscribed the royal prerogative, and had, for themselves and for the people, extorted, from successive monarchs, reluctant acknowledgments, in the form of grants, of rights essential to the enjoyment of personal and civil liberty. They found it necessary, for their own security, to suffer the people to participate in the sovereign power; especially in regard to the levying of money. For, if the king could raise money from the people, at his will, he could, at any time, subdue the barons; and, for the same reason, they also found it necessary to retain, in their own hands, a negative upon the power of the commons to grant subsidies to the king. The king also found it necessary for his own protection to retain a veto upon both lords and commons. It was thus that their mutual fears formed a practical constitution, which it became their mutual interest to support. By means of the fears of the nobility, and the wants of the crown, the commons had been continually acquiring power; and, as they acquired power, they became proud of their liberty. And well might the Englishman, even of that day, when he looked round upon his neighbors, boast of his freedom. The nation, too, had thrown off from its breast that incubus, the papal hierarchy, and had begun to breathe more freely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.