These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever.

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This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England,...

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England,...

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will...

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will...

Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look...

Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look...

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception,...

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception,...

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the...

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the...

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after...

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after...

I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at...

I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at...

The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their...

The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their...

Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit...

Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit...

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them,...

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them,...

Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles...

Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles...

Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting...

Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting...

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to...

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to...

It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition,...

It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition,...

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this...

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this...

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a...

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a...

The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of...

The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of...

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history...

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history...

The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the...

The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the...