Our Country: Or, The American Parlor KeepsakeWilliam Henry Ryder J.M. Usher, 1854 - 252 páginas |
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Página 244 - affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will mike the strong and lasting impression I could wish — that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of
Página 239 - connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! it is rendered impossible by its vices! In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more
Página 15 - There were men with hoary hair Amid that pilgrim band; Why had they come to wither there Away from their childhood's land ? What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas ? the spoils of war ? They sought a
Página 236 - occasional riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself, through the channels of party passion. Thus the policy and will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and
Página 245 - other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself, and his progenitors for several generations, — I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens,the benign influence of good laws, under
Página 14 - chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks, before his God as he did aforetime.
Página 237 - of the other, has been evinced by experiments, ancient and modern; some of them in our country, and under our own eyes. To preserve them must he as necessary as to
Página 14 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country,
Página 45 - who shall not for the continued term of five years next preceding his admission as aforesaid, have resided within the United States without being at any time during the said five years out of the territory of the United States. The
Página 36 - ordained and established by the people, in order to form a more perfect Union,— establish justice,— ensure domestic tranquility,— provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and