The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 10American stationers' Company; J. B. Russell, 1836 |
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... French language , but Lawrence had better apply himself for the present to his arithmetic , writing , and composition . I can As you have failed in your endeavours to obtain a mathematical instructor , it is not probable that any ...
... French language , but Lawrence had better apply himself for the present to his arithmetic , writing , and composition . I can As you have failed in your endeavours to obtain a mathematical instructor , it is not probable that any ...
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... French constitution is indeed one of the most wonderful events in the history of mankind , and the agency of the Marquis de Lafayette in a high degree honorable to his character . My great- est fear has been , that the nation would not ...
... French constitution is indeed one of the most wonderful events in the history of mankind , and the agency of the Marquis de Lafayette in a high degree honorable to his character . My great- est fear has been , that the nation would not ...
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... French gentleman you mention , has been in America and at Mount Vernon , but has returned some time since to France . Mrs. Washington is well , and desires her compliments may be pre- sented to you . We wish the happiness of your fire ...
... French gentleman you mention , has been in America and at Mount Vernon , but has returned some time since to France . Mrs. Washington is well , and desires her compliments may be pre- sented to you . We wish the happiness of your fire ...
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... French nation . So far removed as I am from that great theatre of political action , and so little acquainted with many of the minute circumstances , which may induce important decisions , it would be imprudent for me to hazard opinions ...
... French nation . So far removed as I am from that great theatre of political action , and so little acquainted with many of the minute circumstances , which may induce important decisions , it would be imprudent for me to hazard opinions ...
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... French nation , I can with great satis- faction give it as my decided opinion , that the most friendly dispositions prevail on our side of the water towards that nation . Many of your old acquaintances and friends are concerned with me ...
... French nation , I can with great satis- faction give it as my decided opinion , that the most friendly dispositions prevail on our side of the water towards that nation . Many of your old acquaintances and friends are concerned with me ...
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Page 519 - That I have utterly, in my private conversations, disapproved of the system of the Secretary of the Treasury, I acknowledge and avow ; and this was not merely aj speculative difference. His system flowed from principles adverse to liberty, and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic, by creating an influence of his department over the members of the legislature.
Page 461 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
Page 518 - I was duped into by the secretary of the treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.
Page 523 - But as to any other direction or indication of my wish how his press should be conducted, what sort of intelligence he should give, what essays encourage, I can protest in the presence of heaven, that I never did by myself or any other, directly or indirectly, say a syllable, nor attempt any kind of influence. I can further protest, in the same awful presence, that I never did by myself or any other...
Page 523 - I never did by myself or any other, directly or indirectly, write, dictate or procure any one sentence or sentiment to be inserted in his, or any other gazette, to which my name was not affixed or that of my office.
Page 506 - States acceded to that instrument ; that the ultimate object of all this is to prepare the way for a change from the present republican form of government to that of a monarchy, of which the English Constitution is to be the model.
Page 86 - Such was considered by a majority of Congress as a just interpretation of the constitution on this subject. The first paragraph is a recital of the clause in the constitution, which refers to the slave-trade as then existing.
Page 536 - In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Page 535 - And I do hereby also make known, that whosoever of the citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations, by committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the said Powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles which are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations, will not receive the protection of the United States...
Page 524 - If virtuous, it need not fear the fair operation of attack and defence. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting out the truth, either in religion, law, or politics. I think it as honorable to the government neither to know, nor notice, its sycophants or censors, as it would be undignified and criminal to pamper the former and persecute the latter. So much for the past, a word now of the future. When I came into this office, it was with a resolution to retire from it as soon as I could with...