The Life of George Washington ....Phillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... friends of General WASHINGTON , or from gentlemen who , in respectable official situations , were members of his family during his military command . It has been the endeavour of the author to display the character of the man who is the ...
... friends of General WASHINGTON , or from gentlemen who , in respectable official situations , were members of his family during his military command . It has been the endeavour of the author to display the character of the man who is the ...
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... perilous mission . He must pass through an un- explored wilderness , filled by tribes of Indians ; some of which were doubtful friends , and many the decided 12 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . [ 1747 session of Fort du Quesne-Resigns his commis- sion.
... perilous mission . He must pass through an un- explored wilderness , filled by tribes of Indians ; some of which were doubtful friends , and many the decided 12 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . [ 1747 session of Fort du Quesne-Resigns his commis- sion.
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Aaron Bancroft. of which were doubtful friends , and many the decided enemies of the English . The fatigues and dangers which induced other Virginians to decline the com- mission of envoy on this occasion , led Mr. WASHING- TON with ...
Aaron Bancroft. of which were doubtful friends , and many the decided enemies of the English . The fatigues and dangers which induced other Virginians to decline the com- mission of envoy on this occasion , led Mr. WASHING- TON with ...
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... friendship of the Indians , and to acquire a knowledge of the coun try , which promised to be the scene of military opera tions . Scarcely had he taken possession of his ground , when some friendly Indians informed him that the French ...
... friendship of the Indians , and to acquire a knowledge of the coun try , which promised to be the scene of military opera tions . Scarcely had he taken possession of his ground , when some friendly Indians informed him that the French ...
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... friends , whom he could not relieve ; and of the carnage and ravages of a ferocious enemy , whom he could not chas- tise . Before a force from below could be collected , the invading foe , having glutted their appetite for blood , and ...
... friends , whom he could not relieve ; and of the carnage and ravages of a ferocious enemy , whom he could not chas- tise . Before a force from below could be collected , the invading foe , having glutted their appetite for blood , and ...
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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 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.
Seite 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.
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 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 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.