The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1853 |
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... tion in which that General fell - He is appointed the Colonel of a regiment , and commander in chief of the Virginia troops - His efforts to defend the frontiers - lis exertions in the expedition under General Forbes to gain possession ...
... tion in which that General fell - He is appointed the Colonel of a regiment , and commander in chief of the Virginia troops - His efforts to defend the frontiers - lis exertions in the expedition under General Forbes to gain possession ...
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... tion was given to his opinion at the moment , but , after the commencement of the march , the measure from necessity was partially adopted . Soon after the army left Cumberland , Colonel WASHINGTON was attacked by a violent fever ...
... tion was given to his opinion at the moment , but , after the commencement of the march , the measure from necessity was partially adopted . Soon after the army left Cumberland , Colonel WASHINGTON was attacked by a violent fever ...
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... tion of what we had . " The Virginia companies behaved like men , and died like soldiers ; for I believe of three companies on the ground that day , scarcely thirty men were left alive . Capt . Peronny and all his officers , down to a ...
... tion of what we had . " The Virginia companies behaved like men , and died like soldiers ; for I believe of three companies on the ground that day , scarcely thirty men were left alive . Capt . Peronny and all his officers , down to a ...
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... tion in so clear a light , that , unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly , and speedy assistance sent from below , the poor inhabitants , now in forts , must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the ...
... tion in so clear a light , that , unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly , and speedy assistance sent from below , the poor inhabitants , now in forts , must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the ...
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... tion , and vigilance were matters of derision and con- tempt , we set out , and by the protection of providence , reached Augusta court - house in seven days , without meeting the enemy ; otherwise we must have been sacrificed by the ...
... tion , and vigilance were matters of derision and con- tempt , we set out , and by the protection of providence , reached Augusta court - house in seven days , without meeting the enemy ; otherwise we must have been sacrificed by the ...
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Página 182 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 174 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest,...
Página 184 - Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
Página 175 - The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The South in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand.
Página 173 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by .so careful a preservation and so prudent a 'use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Página 186 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 180 - 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. THIS spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Página 178 - Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
Página 173 - ... agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging — in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism — the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans, by which they were effected.
Página 178 - To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay, by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management...