Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing an Account of His Illness, Death, and the National Tributes of Respect Paid to His Memory, with a Biographical Outline of His Life and CharacterJohn Russell and John West, 1800 - 208 páginas |
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... troops of the United States in general , and in particular to those gallant and persever- ing men , who had resolved to defend the rights of their invaded country so long as the war should continue ; for these are the men who ought to ...
... troops of the United States in general , and in particular to those gallant and persever- ing men , who had resolved to defend the rights of their invaded country so long as the war should continue ; for these are the men who ought to ...
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... the Uni- ted States , yet I must be permitted to con- sider the wisdom and unanimity of our na- tional councils , the firmness of our citizens , and the patience and bravery of our troops , which POLITICAL LEGACIES . 39.
... the Uni- ted States , yet I must be permitted to con- sider the wisdom and unanimity of our na- tional councils , the firmness of our citizens , and the patience and bravery of our troops , which POLITICAL LEGACIES . 39.
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... troops , which have produced so happy a termination of the war , as the most conspicuous effect of the divine interposition , and the surest pre- sage of our future happiness . HIGHLY gratified by the favourable senti- ments which ...
... troops , which have produced so happy a termination of the war , as the most conspicuous effect of the divine interposition , and the surest pre- sage of our future happiness . HIGHLY gratified by the favourable senti- ments which ...
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... troops as were engaged for the war , and to permit the officers on furlough to retire from service , from and after to - morrow , which proclama- tion having been communicated in the pub- lic papers for the information and govern- ment ...
... troops as were engaged for the war , and to permit the officers on furlough to retire from service , from and after to - morrow , which proclama- tion having been communicated in the pub- lic papers for the information and govern- ment ...
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... troops , that , with strong attachments to the union , they should carry with them into civil society the most conciliating dispositions ; and that they should prove themselves not less vir- tuous and useful as citizens , than they have ...
... troops , that , with strong attachments to the union , they should carry with them into civil society the most conciliating dispositions ; and that they should prove themselves not less vir- tuous and useful as citizens , than they have ...
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Página 83 - It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Página 53 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 95 - ... the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Página 68 - ... every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Página 80 - One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations, which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Página 84 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution, in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another.
Página 88 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 86 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 78 - To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts, can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate union, and for the efficacious management...
Página 70 - ... the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing, as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation, which is yet a stranger to it.