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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... land forces ordered for this invasion consisted of 850 men , raised from the Colo- nies of New England and New York , and commanded by Gen. Winthrop . At the same time a fleet of armed ships and transports , with 1800 men , under Sir ...
... land forces ordered for this invasion consisted of 850 men , raised from the Colo- nies of New England and New York , and commanded by Gen. Winthrop . At the same time a fleet of armed ships and transports , with 1800 men , under Sir ...
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... land forces in the reduction of Quebec . But owing to the delay of the fleet , and the want of boats and provisions among the land forces , the expedition was unsuccessful . The next expedition against Canada took place in 1709 , in ...
... land forces in the reduction of Quebec . But owing to the delay of the fleet , and the want of boats and provisions among the land forces , the expedition was unsuccessful . The next expedition against Canada took place in 1709 , in ...
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... land , was principally on the frontiers of Canada , of which province it was the object of the Americans to take possession . The war at that point continued with various success on the part of the Americans and British . The Americans ...
... land , was principally on the frontiers of Canada , of which province it was the object of the Americans to take possession . The war at that point continued with various success on the part of the Americans and British . The Americans ...
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... lands he should conquer . Soto collected a body of 900 foot and 350 horse , for an expedition into Florida , where he landed in May , 1539. From the Gulf of Mexico he penetrated into the country northward , and wandered about in search ...
... lands he should conquer . Soto collected a body of 900 foot and 350 horse , for an expedition into Florida , where he landed in May , 1539. From the Gulf of Mexico he penetrated into the country northward , and wandered about in search ...
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... land to the head of the Illinois river , Hennepin passed down to the mouth of the Mississippi . He set out upon his return to Canada , where he arrived in 1681 , after hav- ing passed through many hardships and difficulties in this ...
... land to the head of the Illinois river , Hennepin passed down to the mouth of the Mississippi . He set out upon his return to Canada , where he arrived in 1681 , after hav- ing passed through many hardships and difficulties in this ...
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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.