The Life of George Washington ....Phillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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Aaron Bancroft. CHAPTER VII . Amount of Emission - Congress destitute of Means to support the War - Supplies apportioned upon the States Exertions of the Commander in Chief- Mutiny in a part of the Army - The British make an Excursion ...
Aaron Bancroft. CHAPTER VII . Amount of Emission - Congress destitute of Means to support the War - Supplies apportioned upon the States Exertions of the Commander in Chief- Mutiny in a part of the Army - The British make an Excursion ...
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... means of passing , and they had but one poor hatchet with which to make it . It cost them a hard day's work to form the raft ; the next day they launched it , went on board , and attempt- ed the passage ; but before they were half way ...
... means of passing , and they had but one poor hatchet with which to make it . It cost them a hard day's work to form the raft ; the next day they launched it , went on board , and attempt- ed the passage ; but before they were half way ...
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... means for active service , and the troops did not march . During the succeeding winter , regulations from the war office were published in America , which provided , that general and field officers of provincial troops , when serving ...
... means for active service , and the troops did not march . During the succeeding winter , regulations from the war office were published in America , which provided , that general and field officers of provincial troops , when serving ...
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... means and regulations to sup- port and discipline the troops ; when information reached him of an eruption of the French and Indians on the northern border . In haste he returned to Win- chester , and found the country in the utmost ...
... means and regulations to sup- port and discipline the troops ; when information reached him of an eruption of the French and Indians on the northern border . In haste he returned to Win- chester , and found the country in the utmost ...
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... means he possessed were judiciously and strenuously exerted for their protection ; but all were ineffectual . He was compelled to be the witness of the calamity of friends , whom he could not relieve ; and of the carnage and ravages of ...
... means he possessed were judiciously and strenuously exerted for their protection ; but all were ineffectual . He was compelled to be the witness of the calamity of friends , whom he could not relieve ; and of the carnage and ravages of ...
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Page 182 - The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 176 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 184 - If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Page 180 - 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.
Page 184 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected.
Page 184 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Page 184 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 187 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.
Page 178 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally. THIS spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 183 - So likewise a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.