A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen of AmericaT.J. Rogers, 1823 - 352 pages |
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... ment , perhaps of praise . Garden , in his Anecdotes of the American revolution , says , " with such in- stances of every public and private virtue , as the history of cur own country , affords , it is a serious er- ror in our system of ...
... ment , perhaps of praise . Garden , in his Anecdotes of the American revolution , says , " with such in- stances of every public and private virtue , as the history of cur own country , affords , it is a serious er- ror in our system of ...
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... ment was instituted to promote the welfare of man- kind , and ought to be administered for the attain- ment of that end . The legislature of Great Britain , however , stimulated by an inordinate passion for a power not only ...
... ment was instituted to promote the welfare of man- kind , and ought to be administered for the attain- ment of that end . The legislature of Great Britain , however , stimulated by an inordinate passion for a power not only ...
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... ment ; for erecting in a neighbouring province , ac- quired by the joint arms of Great Britain and Ame- rica , a despotism dangerous to our very existence ; and for quartering soldiers upon the Colonists in time of profound peace . It ...
... ment ; for erecting in a neighbouring province , ac- quired by the joint arms of Great Britain and Ame- rica , a despotism dangerous to our very existence ; and for quartering soldiers upon the Colonists in time of profound peace . It ...
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... ment , and to provide new guards for their future security . Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies ; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of go- vernment . The history of the ...
... ment , and to provide new guards for their future security . Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies ; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of go- vernment . The history of the ...
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... ment ; and the extensive and fertile regions of the west will yield a most happy asylum to those , who , fond of domestic enjoyment , are seeking for personal independence . Nor is it possible to con- ceive that any one of the United ...
... ment ; and the extensive and fertile regions of the west will yield a most happy asylum to those , who , fond of domestic enjoyment , are seeking for personal independence . Nor is it possible to con- ceive that any one of the United ...
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Page 339 - 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 343 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 336 - 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 337 - 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.
Page 335 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Page 337 - 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.
Page 334 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 336 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its...
Page 340 - ... ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Page 335 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.