Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesJ. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 sider |
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... character with which he was invested by Congress , and in no other cha- racter could he have my intercourse with his lord- ship . " Congress , by a formal resolution , approv- ed the dignified conduct of their general , and directed ...
... character with which he was invested by Congress , and in no other cha- racter could he have my intercourse with his lord- ship . " Congress , by a formal resolution , approv- ed the dignified conduct of their general , and directed ...
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... character , should have an address descriptive of that cha- racter , or it might be considered as a private letter . It was true that the et ceteras implied every thing , they also implied any thing . The letter alluded to , was in ...
... character , should have an address descriptive of that cha- racter , or it might be considered as a private letter . It was true that the et ceteras implied every thing , they also implied any thing . The letter alluded to , was in ...
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... racter ; the state of the army furnished a weighty subject of attention to General Washington . He dwelt upon the gloomy prospects of the succeed- ing winter . The clothing of the men was suited only to the warm season , and their time ...
... racter ; the state of the army furnished a weighty subject of attention to General Washington . He dwelt upon the gloomy prospects of the succeed- ing winter . The clothing of the men was suited only to the warm season , and their time ...
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... racter , their interest , their all that is dear , call upon them , in the most pressing manner , to place the army immediately on a respectable footing . " Late in the spring , the Marquis La Fayette returned from France , with the ...
... racter , their interest , their all that is dear , call upon them , in the most pressing manner , to place the army immediately on a respectable footing . " Late in the spring , the Marquis La Fayette returned from France , with the ...
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... character is thus beautifully paint- ed by the late General Hamilton , who without envy might have contemplated his eminent quali- ties , for they were not equal to his own . " There was something singularly interesting in the cha- racter ...
... character is thus beautifully paint- ed by the late General Hamilton , who without envy might have contemplated his eminent quali- ties , for they were not equal to his own . " There was something singularly interesting in the cha- racter ...
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Side 460 - But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest. Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole.
Side 465 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled, men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Side 454 - The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive Government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those, out of whom...
Side 462 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Side 471 - 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.
Side 465 - 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.
Side 469 - 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.
Side 472 - Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable, when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The Nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the Government, contrary to the best calculations of policy.
Side 458 - 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, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a People.
Side 471 - ... novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt, that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices?