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... Army - Arnold's Expedition - Troubles in the South - Attack on Fort Moultrie - Defeat of the British - Washington prepares to attack Boston The British Evacuate the City . ... CHAPTER III . 35 Washington proceeds to New York ...
... Army - Arnold's Expedition - Troubles in the South - Attack on Fort Moultrie - Defeat of the British - Washington prepares to attack Boston The British Evacuate the City . ... CHAPTER III . 35 Washington proceeds to New York ...
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... Army - Their Heroism - Capture of General Lee - Battle of Trenton- Critical situation of Washington - His withdrawal therefrom - Battle of Princeton - Moral effect of the victories of Trenton and Princeton - The British embark on board ...
... Army - Their Heroism - Capture of General Lee - Battle of Trenton- Critical situation of Washington - His withdrawal therefrom - Battle of Princeton - Moral effect of the victories of Trenton and Princeton - The British embark on board ...
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... army was formed of two regi- ments of British troops , and a few companies of Virginians . The third day after the march com- menced , Washington was taken ill , with a violent fever . He would not consent to be left behind , and was ...
... army was formed of two regi- ments of British troops , and a few companies of Virginians . The third day after the march com- menced , Washington was taken ill , with a violent fever . He would not consent to be left behind , and was ...
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... army which was slowly advancing with the baggage , and he died in their camp , and was buried in the middle of a road , that his grave might be concealed from the Indians by wagon - tracks . In writing an account of this dreadful defeat ...
... army which was slowly advancing with the baggage , and he died in their camp , and was buried in the middle of a road , that his grave might be concealed from the Indians by wagon - tracks . In writing an account of this dreadful defeat ...
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... army ; but before they reached the fort , the French left it . The English took possession of it in No- vember , 1758 , and named it Fort Pitt . As Wash- ington had expected , the possession of this fort pre- vented all further attacks ...
... army ; but before they reached the fort , the French left it . The English took possession of it in No- vember , 1758 , and named it Fort Pitt . As Wash- ington had expected , the possession of this fort pre- vented all further attacks ...
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Page 177 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted 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. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 140 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
Page 29 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 173 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...
Page 163 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication that, since he has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their...
Page 133 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor?
Page 179 - Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Page 175 - Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immoveable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest...
Page 172 - ... for the last time, in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country, on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and Sovereign Arbiter of Nations, that his providential care may still be extended to the United States ; that the virtue and happiness...
Page 177 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.