The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

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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...

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,...

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered...

These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this...

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...