Incidents in American History: Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery of America, to the Present Time |
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... , Circular Letter to the Governors of the States , Farewell Orders to the Army of the United States , Indian Speeches , MARGAR 19 23 42 59 70 75 INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY . OUTLINE HISTORY . AFTER the 6 CONTENTS .
... , Circular Letter to the Governors of the States , Farewell Orders to the Army of the United States , Indian Speeches , MARGAR 19 23 42 59 70 75 INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY . OUTLINE HISTORY . AFTER the 6 CONTENTS .
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... governor , council , and assembly , chosen by the people . Of this kind were the governments of Connecticut and Rhode Island . The second was a proprietary government , in which the pro- prietor of the province was governor ; although ...
... governor , council , and assembly , chosen by the people . Of this kind were the governments of Connecticut and Rhode Island . The second was a proprietary government , in which the pro- prietor of the province was governor ; although ...
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... governor , to be appointed by the crown , should be empowered to take measures for the common safety , and to raise ... governors of the colonies , with the assistance of one or two of their council , should assemble and concert measures ...
... governor , to be appointed by the crown , should be empowered to take measures for the common safety , and to raise ... governors of the colonies , with the assistance of one or two of their council , should assemble and concert measures ...
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... governors , and the crown officers adhering to British measures , were obliged to leave the country , or suspend their functions . From that time temporary conventions were held , for the purpose of administering the laws , and making ...
... governors , and the crown officers adhering to British measures , were obliged to leave the country , or suspend their functions . From that time temporary conventions were held , for the purpose of administering the laws , and making ...
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... governor of that province . The British King entered into treaties with some of the German States for about 17,000 men who were to be sent to America this year , to assist in subduing the colonies . These troops were generally called ...
... governor of that province . The British King entered into treaties with some of the German States for about 17,000 men who were to be sent to America this year , to assist in subduing the colonies . These troops were generally called ...
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Page 54 - 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.
Page 45 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes, and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth...
Page 51 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 57 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, 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...
Page 49 - ... 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, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities,...
Page 53 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? 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.
Page 58 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Page 75 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 56 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 58 - 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.