band of brothers, 168. Character and sufferings of, 174, 175. Of the Consti- tution, 163. Evils of rum in the, 332. Farewell to, by W., 288. Foreign offi- cers in, 187, 188. Importance of order and harmony in, 165, 168. Patriot, and their arms and accoutrements, 175, 176, 178. People and the army, 170. Of the Revolution, 151 ss. How distin- guished from a mob, 171. Standing, 179, 180. Temporary, 182. Towns, and the army, 170. Arnold, Benedict, 250. Expedition to Quebec, 375. Treason, 311, 410. Trib- ute to W. 334. Mrs. Arnold, 334. Arts, Importance of the, 230. And Man- ufactures, 137. National interest of the, 229. American Academy of the, 230. Asgill, Captain, 252-255. Asia, Literature of, 219. Attachments, national, 93, 94, Attack, often the best defence, 224. Author of all good, 367. Of the Gospel,
Bailey, Philip James, 396.
Baltimore, 138.
Cadwallader, General John, 306. Calm views of death, 404. Calumny, the best answer to, 323. His daughter,
Bancroft, Rev. Aaron, his tribute to W., Calvert, Benedict, 297. 381..
Bank of the United States, 120. Barbadoes, 409.
Barclay, Mr., his treaty with the Empe- ror of Morocco, 131.
Cambridge, army at, 409. Camden, Lord. A patron of America, 142. On driving America into rebel- lion, 28.
Canaan, Conquest of, a poem, dedicated to W., 231.
Canada, 250. Emancipation of, 213. Ac-
cession of, 213, 214. Expedition to, 214. France's interest in, 213, 215. Invasion of, 218. Supremacy of England over, 213.
Candor, national, 111. Canton, 219.
Cares of life, 402. Carey, Matthew, 232. Carleton, Guy, 214.
Carlisle, Lord, 263, 265. Carroll, Archbishop, 388. Carthage, 396.
Catharine the Second, of Russia, 389. Cato, the Censor, 248.
Cause of the oppressed, 396. Cavillers, 326.
Censure. Gratuitous, 321. The shadow of merit, 326. Duty and censure, 327. Unjust, to be despised, 326.
Chancellorship of William and Mary College, 231.
Channing, Rev. Wm. E., his tribute to W., 234, 238. Chaplains, 377 ss.
Chapman, Rev. G. T., his tribute to W., |
Character. American, 95. Fitness of in officials, 79. Worth of, 27. Impor- tance of a good Moral, 814. Charlestown, American courage at, 149. Charybdis, 99.
Chastellur, The Marquis de, 241. His tribute to W.. 307.
Chatham, Lord, his son in Canada, 250. Cheese, American, 137. Choice, freedom of, 79.
Christ, The divine author of the Gospel, 368. Example of, 365, 855. Church, Philadelphia, 353. Christian. Charities, 390 ss. Remarks on, by C. C. Colton, 390. Consolation, 403. Fortitude, 401. Ministry, 377. Mis sions, 886 ss. Morals, 569. Philanthropy, 896. Religion, see Religion, Christian. Christianity, 367 ss. Spirit of, 368. Cincinnati Society, 176, 177. Cincinnatus, 396. Citizen. The good, 802.
tive of the good, 31S. His reward, 325. Soldier and Citizen, 166.
Civil. Government, and Morality, 80S. Liberty, its rapid growth, 24. Magis- trates, 123. Rights, and religious te- nets, 372. Religious and civil liberty, 872.
Civility, ceremonious, 325.
Clock, the political system of the United States compared to a, 39. Coat-armor, 22. Coinage, 127.
College. Education, 231. New Jersey, 393, 400. William and Mary, 231. Colonies, American. The cause of, 26. Will not submit to the loss of their rights, 25. Batlled Great Britain for eight years, 26. Interest of their con- test, 27. Mr. Pitt and Lord Camden, their patrons, 142. Policy of Great Britain, in relation to, 28. British Com- missioners to treat with, 29. Favorable disposition of Spain, 38. Promised suc- cor from France, 38. Distress of their armies, 26. Pecuniary distress, 146. Non-importation of British commodi- ties, 145-147. Not hushed by the rod of Great Britain, 26. Contest for hon- orable peace, 37.
Colton, C. C., his remarks on Christian charities, 890. Columbia, 267. Commander-in-chief, his body-guard,
American, 134, 185, 219. British, 135. Foreign, 132. The meas- ure of a nation's marine, 112. Indus- try and, 132. Trade and, 133. Manu- factures and, 132. The Navy and, 219.
Conjugal affection, 292. Connecticut, 272. Connubial life, 299.
Conquest of Canaan, a poem dedicated to W., 231.
Conscience, 313. Dictates of, 319. Our guide, 19. Rights of, 375.
Conscientious Scruples, 374. Conscious Rectitude, 274, 318. Consolation, Christian, 403. Constitution, of the United States, 43 ss. Changes in, 77. Our guide, 73. people's choice, 71. Fears of its pro- ducing aristocracy, or monarchy, 22. Its principles, incompatible with no- bility and knighthood, 22. To be vin- dicated, 64. Its danger, from innova- tion, 54; and from party spirit, 55. Unanimity of its adoption, 64. The Constitution or disunion, 64. Combi- nations against it, in Pennsylvania, 161. The Army of the Constitution," 168. Continental Congress, 409. Convenience, And duty, 810. And friendship, 810.
Convention, English, in 1688, 142. Conversation, imprudent, of officers in the army, 160.
Conway, General Thomas. His tribute to W., 306.
Cooper, J. Fenimore, 203. Corn-house, filled for the poor, 390. Cornwallis, Lord, his surrender of York- town and Gloucester, 351, 353. Corporal punishment, 164, 165.
Country's Call, 268. Courtesy, social, 244. Courts-martial, 164, 165. Covenant, of friendship, 242. Cowards. Their bravery, 154. punishment, 149.
Dress. Simplicity of, recommended, 294. Indian, 208.
Drunkenness, 331.
Dryburgh Abbey, 338.
Their Duelling, condemned, 263.
Craik, Dr., 405, 406, 407, 408. Credit, public, 117, 118. Criminals, pardon of, 255. Cropping, mode of, 130. Crown, refused by W., 280. Currency, 127. Speculators in, 125, 126. Its great depreciation, 124. Evil arising from its depression, 125. Its credit, to be restored, 123.
Custis, Colonel Daniel Parke, 291. George W. P., 383: his tribute to W., 406. John Parke, 296, 384: his wife and daughter, 384. Mrs. Martha, 291. Miss P.; her tribute to W., 384.
Ease, domestic, 300. East, literature of the, 219. Education. College, 231.
of a nation, 225. Foreign, 225. ence of, 225. Military, 227. National, 225 ss. Popular, 225. Of a student, at the cost of W., 393.
Dandridge. Mary, 262: her slaves, 262. Effort, uninterrupted, 101.
Danger. Two views of, 154. Day of Fasting. See Fasting. Dayton, Col. Elias, 253.
Death. Of Washington, 405 ss. views of, by W., 404. Deborre, General, 336. Deception, 311.
Elegant simplicity, in domestic life,
Emancipation of slaves. See Slaves. Calm Emigration, to the United States, 89. Emulation, military, 166.
Defence. Attack, often the best, 224. National, 222. System of, 223. Mea- sures of national, 222. Condition of, 223. Delaware language, 389. Deliverer, Divine, 346. Democracy, evils of, 21. Dependence, on God, 359.
Desert, distinguished from success, 316. Deserters, British. Hiring of, 194. En- listing of, 195.
Enemies. Forgiveness of, 385. Surpri- sals of, 156. Generous treatment of,
English Convention of 1688, 142. Enmity, and detraction, 319. Epidemic fever, at Philadelphia, 391. Equity, political, 310.
Erskine, Lord, his tribute to W., 340. Escort, military, declined by W., 285. Estaing, Count d', 114, 264, 317. Europe. And America, 84. Calamitous state of, in 1795, 143. Political im- provements in, 19. Influence of the American Revolution in, 24, 27. The wise men of, looking on America with admiration, 61. Its system, subject to the caprice of Ministers, 110. Events, disposer of, 343. Evolutions, military, 166. Example, of Christ, 368, 385.
Exchange. Of prisoners, 200, 201. Of officers, 202.
Existence of God, 341. Experience, personal, 827. Extortioners, 126.
Regarded by King of, 358 Colonies, 35. Her Admiral
Founders of the United States, 87. For, Charles, his tribute to W., 315. France, 100. Ally of America, 115. Ap- prehended ascendency of, 216, 217. In- terest in Canada, 215. Aid of, sought by the Colonies, 213. Danger of exces- sive confidence in, 218. W., with affection, 116. Promised succor to the Her navy, 35, 112, 216. d'Orvilliers, 113. Political state of, 24. Lafayette vindicates the honor of, 263. Treaty with the United States, 36. Dif- ficulties with, in 1797, 410. Franklin, Benjamin, 142. Fraternity of the human race, 106. Frederick of Prussia, 396.
Free. Fellowship of the, 266. Their he- reditary privileges, 155. Free Negroes, 195.
Freedom. Resort to arms, in defence of, 144 Spirit of, 269.
Freemen, their hereditary privileges, 155. French. Generals, their opinion of W., 142. And Indian War, 377, 333. Mili- tary character, 116. In North Ameri- ca, 213. Officers in America, 116. Rev- olution, 20. Old French War, 183.
Gospel. Author and spirit of the, 367. Ordinances, 377.
Government, 17 ss. Distinguished from influence, 17. To secure life, liberty, and property, 17. Right of a nation to establish its own, 18. Choice of the form of, 43. Of the United States, its origin and character, 52; a government of accommodation, 41. Its branches, 72. Commended, 20. Officers and agents of, 78. That of one country not to interfere with the internal concerns of another, 18. Republican, its advan- tages, 20; imprudence of the people, in expressing their sentiments, 25, Sci- ence of, to be taught to American youth, 227. And religion, 352. Grahame, James, 267. Gratitude. Of the country, 174. Of W., to his country, 257. Religious, 361, 385,
Gratuitous censure, 321. Great Britain. Her colonial measures subversive of the Constitution, 35. False and cruel policy of, 28. Baffled for eight years, in her efforts to subju- gate the Colonies, 26. The Colonies not hushed by her rod, 26. Rejects the mediation of Spain, 114. Navy of, 216. Maritime resources, compared with those of France and Spain, 112. Re- sources of 111. Debt of, 111, 112. Trade with, 134. View of the French in North America, 213. Supremacy of, in Canada, 313. Scrutiny of the limit- ed powers of Congress, 67. See Par- liament.
Great Meadows, 250.
Guizot, M., his tributes to W., 43, 291.
Habitual religions gratitude, 385. Half-pay Establishment, 184. Hamilton, Alexander, his tributes to W., 237, 306. Calls W. the Man of the Age, 237.
Hancock, John, his tribute to W., 236. Happiness. Dispensed by republican- ism, 20. And duty, 308. Of the peo- ple, 268. Political, 352. And Virtue, 307.
Harmony among troops, 168.
Hartford homespun broadcloth, 136. Harvard University, 379. Hazen, General, 252.
Headley, J. T., his tribute to W, 151. Heraldry, and republicanism, 22. Hessians, 196, 197.
Homage to God, national, 355.
Home, 292. Home military supplies, 223. Honesty, 309. The best policy, 92. Na- tional, the best policy, 111. Recom- mended, 34. Honor, 272. of, 311.
Punctilios of, 263. Sense
Hospitality of Friendship, 241. Hostility, national, distinguished from personal, 246.
House of Burgesses, of Virginia, 385. Howe, Lord, 277. His detention in Eng- land, 29. Sir William, 121, 199, 279. Huddy, Captain, 255.
Human imperfection, 310. Humanity. Commended, 248. passion for man and beast, 248. Friends of, deprecate war, 143. Indian claims to, 203. And retaliation, 251. Suffer- ing humanity, 398. Humphrey, Rev. Dr., 225. Hunting-shirts, 209. Huntington, Countess of, 387. Husbandman, 130.
Idle forms, 324. Ignorance, and wickedness, 308. Immorality, discountenanced, 330. Imperfection, human, 310. Improvements, political, in Europe, 19. Inaugural Address of W, 355. Inauguration of W., 410. Independence. Liberty, the basis of, 44. Four pillars of, 43. American, cause of, 37; peace without it, to be deplored, 102, 103; Great Britain desires Ameri- ca's claim to it to be relinquished, 29; won, 40; glowing view of its happy in- fluence, 40; Robert Burns' remarks on, 142.
India Company, 33. Indians, 203 ss. Agents, 207.
Character of, 203. Dress, 208, 209. Trade, 205. Treachery, 211. Amiable intercourse with, 204. Claims to justice and hu- manity, 203. Peace with, 205. W.'s policy toward, 203. Ohio, 205. Onei- da, 212, 379. Presents to, 206. Their lands, 206. Their warfare, 209. To be opposed to Indians, 210. carried into their own country, 210. Mode of attacking, 211. Congress, in war, 212. sions among, 386, 387. ary, 212.
Employed by Christian mis- Their mission-
Indian. War, 365. Sufferers in the In- dian wars, 249. Languages; see Lan- guages, Indian.
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