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Side 34
... morning . The Half - King , having at length obtained his gun , pre- pared to leave ; but the French commandant , still intent on retaining him , endeavored to get him drunk . Washington , however , never left the Indian's side , and by ...
... morning . The Half - King , having at length obtained his gun , pre- pared to leave ; but the French commandant , still intent on retaining him , endeavored to get him drunk . Washington , however , never left the Indian's side , and by ...
Side 37
... morning , while they , as they were tired , would encamp where they were . The fellow was glad to get off , and , shouldering his rifle disappeared in the forest . Gist followed him stealthily some distance and then returned . The two ...
... morning , while they , as they were tired , would encamp where they were . The fellow was glad to get off , and , shouldering his rifle disappeared in the forest . Gist followed him stealthily some distance and then returned . The two ...
Side 38
... morning , they kept up a tre- mendous pace all night . Nor did they slacken it at day- light , except to snatch a mouthful of food , but , weary and sore as they were , traveled all day . Two days and a night on the stretch , without a ...
... morning , they kept up a tre- mendous pace all night . Nor did they slacken it at day- light , except to snatch a mouthful of food , but , weary and sore as they were , traveled all day . Two days and a night on the stretch , without a ...
Side 45
... morning . Soon after daylight a single man was seen moving across the plain toward the fort . This was Gist , who reported the French near by . The day wore on without further cause of alarm ; but at nine o'clock at night the camp was ...
... morning . Soon after daylight a single man was seen moving across the plain toward the fort . This was Gist , who reported the French near by . The day wore on without further cause of alarm ; but at nine o'clock at night the camp was ...
Side 53
... morning of the 30th of July , a mus ket - shot was heard , and soon after a sentinel , who had been wounded by the enemy , came limping in . Scouts who had been sent out returned breathless with haste , saying that the enemy , nine ...
... morning of the 30th of July , a mus ket - shot was heard , and soon after a sentinel , who had been wounded by the enemy , came limping in . Scouts who had been sent out returned breathless with haste , saying that the enemy , nine ...
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Side 483 - If in the opinion of the People, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any...
Side 482 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should...
Side 486 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, 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...
Side 484 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Side 481 - 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 afterward the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Side 106 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House.
Side 482 - 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.
Side 481 - 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.
Side 483 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Side 477 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...