Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; and a General View of Its Present ConditionN. Watson & Company, 1836 - 508페이지 |
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... military science . At the age of fifteen , he was desirous to enter into active life , and obtained the birth of a midshipman in the British navy ; but the anxiety of an af- fectionate mother dissuaded him from the adoption of this ...
... military science . At the age of fifteen , he was desirous to enter into active life , and obtained the birth of a midshipman in the British navy ; but the anxiety of an af- fectionate mother dissuaded him from the adoption of this ...
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... military posts from the lakes to the Ohio had been commenced in the year 1753. This territory was situated within the boundaries of Vir- ginia , and the governor of that province deemed it his duty to remonstrate against encroachments ...
... military posts from the lakes to the Ohio had been commenced in the year 1753. This territory was situated within the boundaries of Vir- ginia , and the governor of that province deemed it his duty to remonstrate against encroachments ...
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... military affairs . When the commencement of hostilities made it necessary to appoint a commander - in - chief of the American forces , George Washington was unanimously elected to the office . On receiving from the President of Congress ...
... military affairs . When the commencement of hostilities made it necessary to appoint a commander - in - chief of the American forces , George Washington was unanimously elected to the office . On receiving from the President of Congress ...
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... military stores , they were almost entirely destitute . All the powder in New - England would not have furnished nine rounds to each soldier . In this condition , the army remained for a fortnight . There was no discipline among the ...
... military stores , they were almost entirely destitute . All the powder in New - England would not have furnished nine rounds to each soldier . In this condition , the army remained for a fortnight . There was no discipline among the ...
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... military stores , was captured by a privateer under the command of Cap- tain Manly . On the fifth of September , a committee of Congress was appointed to visit the camp at Cambridge , and confer with the chief magistrates of the ...
... military stores , was captured by a privateer under the command of Cap- tain Manly . On the fifth of September , a committee of Congress was appointed to visit the camp at Cambridge , and confer with the chief magistrates of the ...
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123 페이지 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
60 페이지 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
106 페이지 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has...
80 페이지 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
61 페이지 - 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.
50 페이지 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
82 페이지 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost...
107 페이지 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
94 페이지 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
94 페이지 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech shock and disgust men when their own lives and the fate of their wives, their children and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain and all elaborate oratory contemptible.