Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesJ. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 pages |
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Page 59
... secure the great object of contention , While he resolutely rejected every measure , that in his calm and deliberate judgment he did not approve , he daily pondered upon the practi- cability of a successful attack upon Boston . As a ...
... secure the great object of contention , While he resolutely rejected every measure , that in his calm and deliberate judgment he did not approve , he daily pondered upon the practi- cability of a successful attack upon Boston . As a ...
Page 63
... secure these encampments ; and though I am sen- sible that we never have , since that period , been able to act upon the offensive , and at times not in a condition to defend , yet the cost of marching home one set of men , bringing in ...
... secure these encampments ; and though I am sen- sible that we never have , since that period , been able to act upon the offensive , and at times not in a condition to defend , yet the cost of marching home one set of men , bringing in ...
Page 75
... secure to the country the more honourable and permanent blessings of an independent and sovereign nation . The declara- tion of independence was supposed to be the most effectual means to secure the aid of foreign powers ; because the ...
... secure to the country the more honourable and permanent blessings of an independent and sovereign nation . The declara- tion of independence was supposed to be the most effectual means to secure the aid of foreign powers ; because the ...
Page 95
... secure the front ; and thus , either by cutting off our communica- tion with the country , oblige us to fight them on their own terms , or surrender at discretion ; or , by a brilliant stroke , endeavour to cut this army in pieces , and ...
... secure the front ; and thus , either by cutting off our communica- tion with the country , oblige us to fight them on their own terms , or surrender at discretion ; or , by a brilliant stroke , endeavour to cut this army in pieces , and ...
Page 96
... secure those posts , as to be ready to attack the enemy who are moving eastward on Long Island , if they should attempt to land on this side ; the remain- der to occupy the intermediate space , and support either ; that the sick should ...
... secure those posts , as to be ready to attack the enemy who are moving eastward on Long Island , if they should attempt to land on this side ; the remain- der to occupy the intermediate space , and support either ; that the sick should ...
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Page 495 - 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 494 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 488 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all...
Page 495 - ... 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. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Page 490 - 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...
Page 485 - Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and. which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
Page 483 - The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your National capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles.
Page 488 - 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, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force — to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful...
Page 479 - The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your, thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom...
Page 500 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another: that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...