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Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wilson-james
Wilson, James -1798 Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born near St. Andrew's, Scotland, Sept. 14, 1742; educated in Scotland; came to America, and James Wilson. in 1766 was tutor in the higher seminaries of learning in Philadelphia, and studied law under John Dickinson. He was in the Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania in 1774, and was a delegate in Congress the next year, where he was an advocate for independence. From 1779 to 1783 he was advocate-general for France in the United States. Mr. Wilson was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution, and of the Pennsylvania convention that adopted it; and was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. He became the first Professor of Law in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with Thomas McKean, Ll.D., published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. He died in Edenton, N. C., Aug. 28, 1798. A vindication of the American colonies. —In the conve
France (France) (search for this): entry wilson-james
Wilson, James -1798 Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born near St. Andrew's, Scotland, Sept. 14, 1742; educated in Scotland; came to America, and James Wilson. in 1766 was tutor in the higher seminaries of learning in Philadelphia, and studied law under John Dickinson. He was in the Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania in 1774, and was a delegate in Congress the next year, where he was an advocate for independence. From 1779 to 1783 he was advocate-general for France in the United States. Mr. Wilson was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution, and of the Pennsylvania convention that adopted it; and was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. He became the first Professor of Law in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with Thomas McKean, Ll.D., published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. He died in Edenton, N. C., Aug. 28, 1798. A vindication of the American colonies. —In the conve
St. Andrews (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wilson-james
Wilson, James -1798 Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born near St. Andrew's, Scotland, Sept. 14, 1742; educated in Scotland; came to America, and James Wilson. in 1766 was tutor in the higher seminaries of learning in Philadelphia, and studied law under John Dickinson. He was in the Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania in 1774, and was a delegate in Congress the next year, where he was an advocate for independence. From 1779 to 1783 he was advocate-general for France in the United States. Mr. Wilson was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution, and of the Pennsylvania convention that adopted it; and was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. He became the first Professor of Law in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with Thomas McKean, Ll.D., published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. He died in Edenton, N. C., Aug. 28, 1798. A vindication of the American colonies. —In the conve
Runnymede (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wilson-james
erlative impudence!—for taking those very steps which we were laid under the disagreeable necessity of taking by themselves, or by those in whose hateful service they are enlisted. But let them know that our counsels, our deliberations, our resolutions, if not authorized by the forms, because that was rendered impossible by our enemies, are nevertheless authorized by that which weighs much more in the scale of reason—by the spirit of our constitutions. Was the convention of the barons at Runnymede, where the tyranny of John was checked and Magna Charta was signed, authorized by the forms of the constitution? Was the convention Parliament that recalled Charles II. and restored the monarchy authorized by the forms of the constitution? Was the convention of lords and commons that placed King William on the throne, and secured the monarchy and liberty likewise, authorized by the forms of the constitution? I cannot conceal my emotions of pleasure when I observe that the objections of
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wilson-james
eech in January, 1775, foreshadowing the union of the colonies and their armed resistance to Great Britain. A most daring spirit of resistance and disobedience still prevails in Massachusetts, ame authority of Parliament over all the dominions of the crown. Speech of the King of Great Britain to Parliament, November, 1774. Mr. Chairman,—Whence, sir, proceeds all the invidious and warm and affectionate addresses to our brethren and (we will still call them) our friends in Great Britain—let all those, transmitted from every part of the continent, testify the truth. By their teon our part to form a regular system for counteracting them. We ceased to import goods from Great Britain. Was this measure dictated by selfishness or by licentiousness? Did it not injure ourselvetion of being factious and seditious? Let the frequent mobs and riots that have happened in Great Britain upon much more trivial occasions shame our calumniators into silence. Will it follow, beca
Edenton (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry wilson-james
for independence. From 1779 to 1783 he was advocate-general for France in the United States. Mr. Wilson was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution, and of the Pennsylvania convention that adopted it; and was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. He became the first Professor of Law in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with Thomas McKean, Ll.D., published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. He died in Edenton, N. C., Aug. 28, 1798. A vindication of the American colonies. —In the convention for the province of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wilson delivered a great speech in January, 1775, foreshadowing the union of the colonies and their armed resistance to Great Britain. A most daring spirit of resistance and disobedience still prevails in Massachusetts, and has broken forth in fresh violences of a criminal nature. The most proper and effectual methods have been taken to prevent these mischiefs; and th
United States (United States) (search for this): entry wilson-james
f Independence; born near St. Andrew's, Scotland, Sept. 14, 1742; educated in Scotland; came to America, and James Wilson. in 1766 was tutor in the higher seminaries of learning in Philadelphia, ans an advocate for independence. From 1779 to 1783 he was advocate-general for France in the United States. Mr. Wilson was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution, and of theania convention that adopted it; and was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. He became the first Professor of Law in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with irman,—Whence, sir, proceeds all the invidious and ill-grounded clamor against the colonists of America? Why are they stigmatized in Britain as licentious and ungovernable? Why is their virtuous op confined strictly to the truth; what will follow? Will it follow that every British colony in America, or even the colony of Massachusetts Bay, or even the town of Boston in that colony, merits the
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry wilson-james
in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with Thomas McKean, Ll.D., published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. He died in Edenton, N. C., Aug. 28, 1798. A vindication of the American colonies. —In the convention for the province of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wilson delivered a great speech in January, 1775, foreshadowing the union of the colonies and their armed resistance to Great Britain. A most daring spirit of resistance and disobedience still prevails in Massachusetts, and has broken forth in fresh violences of a criminal nature. The most proper and effectual methods have been taken to prevent these mischiefs; and the Parliament may depend upon a firm resolution to withstand every attempt to weaken or impair the supreme authority of Parliament over all the dominions of the crown. Speech of the King of Great Britain to Parliament, November, 1774. Mr. Chairman,—Whence, sir, proceeds all the invidious and ill-grounded clamor against the coloni
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry wilson-james
Wilson. in 1766 was tutor in the higher seminaries of learning in Philadelphia, and studied law under John Dickinson. He was in the Provincial Convention of Pennsylvania in 1774, and was a delegate in Congress the next year, where he was an advocate for independence. From 1779 to 1783 he was advocate-general for France in the nvention that adopted it; and was one of the first judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. He became the first Professor of Law in the University of Pennsylvania in 1790; and, with Thomas McKean, Ll.D., published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. He died in Edenton, N. C., Aug. 28, 1798. A vindication of the American colonies. —In the convention for the province of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wilson delivered a great speech in January, 1775, foreshadowing the union of the colonies and their armed resistance to Great Britain. A most daring spirit of resistance and disobedience still prevails in Massachusetts, and has broken fo
Massachusetts Bay (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry wilson-james
it; let us even suppose—for our cause admits of an excess of candor—that all their exaggerated accounts of it were confined strictly to the truth; what will follow? Will it follow that every British colony in America, or even the colony of Massachusetts Bay, or even the town of Boston in that colony, merits the imputation of being factious and seditious? Let the frequent mobs and riots that have happened in Great Britain upon much more trivial occasions shame our calumniators into silence. those venerable assemblies, whose proceedings formed such an accession to British liberty and British renown. We can be at no loss in resolving that the King cannot, by his prerogative, alter the charter or constitution of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Upon what principle could such an exertion of prerogative be justified? On the acts of Parliament? They are already proved to be void. On the discretionary power which the King has of acting where the laws are silent? That power must
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