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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... distressing sight , than to behold those who have shed their blood , or lost their limbs in the service of their country , without a shelter , without a friend , and without the means of obtaining any of the comforts or necessaries of ...
... distressing sight , than to behold those who have shed their blood , or lost their limbs in the service of their country , without a shelter , without a friend , and without the means of obtaining any of the comforts or necessaries of ...
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... distressing intelligence is not cer- tain , there is too much reason to believe its truth . AFTER receiving information of a nation- al calamity so heavy , and so afflicting , the house of representatives can be but ill fitted for ...
... distressing intelligence is not cer- tain , there is too much reason to believe its truth . AFTER receiving information of a nation- al calamity so heavy , and so afflicting , the house of representatives can be but ill fitted for ...
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... death of that great and good man , the illustrious and beloved WASHINGTON , wait on you , Sir , to ex- press their condolence on this melancholy and distressing event . To which the President replied . Gentlemen of the House APPENDIX . 109.
... death of that great and good man , the illustrious and beloved WASHINGTON , wait on you , Sir , to ex- press their condolence on this melancholy and distressing event . To which the President replied . Gentlemen of the House APPENDIX . 109.
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... distressing to all our fel- low citizens , must be peculiarly heavy on you , who have long been associated with him in deeds of patriotism . Permit us , sir , to mingle our tears with yours on this oc- casion it is manly to weep . man ...
... distressing to all our fel- low citizens , must be peculiarly heavy on you , who have long been associated with him in deeds of patriotism . Permit us , sir , to mingle our tears with yours on this oc- casion it is manly to weep . man ...
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... distressing . Upon the arrival of the first of the consulting physi- cians , it was agreed , as there were yet no signs of accumulation in the bronchial ves- sels of the lungs , to try the result of anoth- er bleeding , when about ...
... distressing . Upon the arrival of the first of the consulting physi- cians , it was agreed , as there were yet no signs of accumulation in the bronchial ves- sels of the lungs , to try the result of anoth- er bleeding , when about ...
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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.