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" ... the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped... "
Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1906 ... - Page 135
by Benson John Lossing - 1906
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The Proceedings of the United States Anti-Masonic Convention ..., Volumes 1-2

United States Anti-masonic Convention, Philadelphia - Freemasonry - 1830 - 192 pages
...address of Mr. Jefferson, as president of the United States, he denominates " the right of election by the people a mild and safe corrective of abuses, which...revolution, where peaceable remedies are unprovided," This is the only adequate correetive of freemasonry, — that prolific source of the worst abuses....
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...political maxim, " that absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority—the vital principle in the immediate parent of despotism!" If this veto is the legitimate right of a State, she ought not...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Tobacco - 1832 - 296 pages
...sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad— a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses,...majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism — a well disciplined...
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Questions and Supplement to Goodrich's History of the United States

Joseph Emerson - United States - 1832 - 224 pages
...sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad : — a jealous care of the right of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses,...the sword of revolution where - peaceable remedies nre unprovided: | — absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of...
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A History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ...

Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1833 - 600 pages
...sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad : — a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which...majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotisms : — a well disciplined...
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The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an ...

United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 822 pages
...jealous care of the right of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which arc lopped by the sword of revolution, where peaceable...majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism : a well disciplined...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and ...

William Linn - Presidents - 1834 - 284 pages
...sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad — a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses,...remedies are unprovided — absolute acquiescence in tkc decisions of the majority, the Tital principle of republicks. from which is no appeal but to force,...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and ...

William Linn - Presidents - 1834 - 282 pages
...unprovided—absolute acquiescence in tho decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republicks, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism—a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war,...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of ...

Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad;—a jealous care of the rights of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which...majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism ;—a well disciplined...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 542 pages
...the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad: a jealous care of the right of election by the people: a mild and safe corrective of abuses which...majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle- and immediate parent of despotism: a well disciplined...
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