Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the PresentFrancis Coleman Rosenberger Excerpt from Virginia Reader: A Treasury of Writings, From the First Voyages to the Present Richard henry lee (1782-1794) address TO the virginia house OF burgesses On the motion to lay so heavy a duty on the importation of slaves as effectually to put an end to that iniquitous and dis graceful traffic within the colony of Virginia. 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. |
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... tion of the old order of great landed estates . He fought for public educa- tion as a bulwark of democracy , and with Madison he led the struggle for freedom of conscience and the separation of church and state . It was his purpose to ...
... tion , to protect themselves . From fifteen to twenty legislatures of our own , in action for thirty years past , have proved that no fears of an equalization of property are to be apprehended from them . I think the best remedy is ...
... tion has always shown to their ally , the United States of America . Republics should approach near to each other . In many respects they all have the same interest . But this is more especially the case with the American and French ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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