The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War : and the First President of the United StatesPhillipd, Samson and Company, 1857 |
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... militia into the field were unavailing ; the solicitude and exertion of each individual were directed to the immediate pre- servation of his family and property . The sufferings of his countrymen deeply wounded the heart of Colo- nel ...
... militia into the field were unavailing ; the solicitude and exertion of each individual were directed to the immediate pre- servation of his family and property . The sufferings of his countrymen deeply wounded the heart of Colo- nel ...
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... militia , whose services were attended with incalculable expense , ana were seldom productive of good , might be relieved from temporary draughts . The feelings and views of Col. WASHINGTON on these subjects , will fully appear by the ...
... militia , whose services were attended with incalculable expense , ana were seldom productive of good , might be relieved from temporary draughts . The feelings and views of Col. WASHINGTON on these subjects , will fully appear by the ...
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... militia he thus portrayed . " The inhabitants are so sensible of their danger if left to the protection of these people , ( militia ) that not a man will stay at his place . This I have from their own mouths , and the principal ...
... militia he thus portrayed . " The inhabitants are so sensible of their danger if left to the protection of these people , ( militia ) that not a man will stay at his place . This I have from their own mouths , and the principal ...
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... militia assemble , and repeat the stroke as soon as they are dispersed ; that they send down parties in the intermediate time , to discover our motions , procure intelligence , ard sometimes to divert the troops . " The expediency of an ...
... militia assemble , and repeat the stroke as soon as they are dispersed ; that they send down parties in the intermediate time , to discover our motions , procure intelligence , ard sometimes to divert the troops . " The expediency of an ...
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... militia ; and clearly stated the superiour advantages of offensive perations . Colone . WASHINGTON was sanguine in the expecta- tion . that Lord Loudoun would adopt his darling scheme of an expedition to dispossess the French of Fort du ...
... militia ; and clearly stated the superiour advantages of offensive perations . Colone . WASHINGTON was sanguine in the expecta- tion . that Lord Loudoun would adopt his darling scheme of an expedition to dispossess the French of Fort du ...
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Page 188 - 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.
Page 178 - I rejoice, that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty, or propriety ; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
Page 95 - ... of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of Providential agency, and in the important Revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude,...
Page 178 - In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
Page 188 - 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 time...
Page 188 - Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation DESERT the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ; and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 188 - A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories...
Page 96 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world.
Page 194 - How far in the discharge of my official duties I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world.
Page 193 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our...