The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesPhillips & Sampson, 1847 |
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... Success of American Cruis- ers - Evils of temporary Enlistments - An Attack on the Enemy's Posts meditated - Possession taken of the Heights of Dorchester - Boston evacuated 40 CHAPTER III . General WASHINGTON marches the Army to New ...
... Success of American Cruis- ers - Evils of temporary Enlistments - An Attack on the Enemy's Posts meditated - Possession taken of the Heights of Dorchester - Boston evacuated 40 CHAPTER III . General WASHINGTON marches the Army to New ...
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... success of the expedition . He earnestly recommended , that the heavy artillery and baggage should be left under the charge of a subaltern officer ; and , that the commander in chief , with the flower of his army , should with the ...
... success of the expedition . He earnestly recommended , that the heavy artillery and baggage should be left under the charge of a subaltern officer ; and , that the commander in chief , with the flower of his army , should with the ...
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... success , as if we had at- tempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains , or the rivulets with our feet ; for they would break by in spite of every effort to prevent it . " The assembly of Virginia was in session , when the gloomy ...
... success , as if we had at- tempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains , or the rivulets with our feet ; for they would break by in spite of every effort to prevent it . " The assembly of Virginia was in session , when the gloomy ...
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... success ; we should be free from the many alarms , mischiefs , and murders that now attend us ; we should inspirit the hearts of our few Indian friends , and gain more esteem with them . In short , could Pennsylvania and Mary- land be ...
... success ; we should be free from the many alarms , mischiefs , and murders that now attend us ; we should inspirit the hearts of our few Indian friends , and gain more esteem with them . In short , could Pennsylvania and Mary- land be ...
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... success of the campaign was wholly to be at- tributed to the pressure of the English on Canada , which constrained the French Commander in chief to call in , or weaken his outposts ; but for this circum- stance , the gloomy predictions ...
... success of the campaign was wholly to be at- tributed to the pressure of the English on Canada , which constrained the French Commander in chief to call in , or weaken his outposts ; but for this circum- stance , the gloomy predictions ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 172 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Seite 181 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Seite 184 - EUROPE has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially , foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and Collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Seite 180 - 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.
Seite 183 - The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim.
Seite 179 - 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 174 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort -and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.