Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing an Account of His Illness, Death, and the National Tributes of Respect Paid to His Memory with a Biographical Sketch of His Life and Character, His Will, and Dr. Tappan's Discourse, Before the University of CambridgeGeorge Forman, 1800 - 300 من الصفحات |
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... Heaven has been pleased to pro- duce in our favour , to offer my sentiments respecting some important subjects , which appear to me to be intimately connected with the tranquillity of the United States , to take my leave of your ...
... Heaven has been pleased to pro- duce in our favour , to offer my sentiments respecting some important subjects , which appear to me to be intimately connected with the tranquillity of the United States , to take my leave of your ...
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... heaven has crowned all its other blessings , by giving a surer oppor- tunity for political happiness than any other nation has ever been favoured with . Noth- ing can illustrate these observations more forcibly than the recollection of ...
... heaven has crowned all its other blessings , by giving a surer oppor- tunity for political happiness than any other nation has ever been favoured with . Noth- ing can illustrate these observations more forcibly than the recollection of ...
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... recommendations to their grateful country , and his prayers to the God of ar- mies . May ample justice be done them here , and may the choicest of heaven's favours , both here and hereafter , attend those , who , 48 WASHINGTON'S.
... recommendations to their grateful country , and his prayers to the God of ar- mies . May ample justice be done them here , and may the choicest of heaven's favours , both here and hereafter , attend those , who , 48 WASHINGTON'S.
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... was superseded by a confi- dence in the rectitude of our cause , the sup- port of the supreme power of the union , and the patronage of heaven . " THE successful termination of the war has verified the 50 WASHINGTON'S.
... was superseded by a confi- dence in the rectitude of our cause , the sup- port of the supreme power of the union , and the patronage of heaven . " THE successful termination of the war has verified the 50 WASHINGTON'S.
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... heaven can never be expect ed on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right , which heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty , and the destiny of the republican model of ...
... heaven can never be expect ed on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right , which heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty , and the destiny of the republican model of ...
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الصفحة 83 - 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.
الصفحة 69 - ... to the permanency of your felicity as a people. These will be offered to you with the more freedom, as you can only see in them the disinterested warnings of a parting friend, who can possibly have no personal motive to bias his counsel.
الصفحة 93 - ... 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...
الصفحة 78 - 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.
الصفحة 86 - 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.
الصفحة 80 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
الصفحة 76 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty.
الصفحة 86 - To facilitate to them the performance of their duty it is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment, inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties), ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the...
الصفحة 90 - 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.
الصفحة 94 - I could wish — that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that 'they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good — that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism — this hope will be a full recompense for...