The American's Own Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers : the Constitution of the United States : the Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of All the Presidents from Washington to Pierce : the Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew Jackson : with a Portrait and Life of Each President of the United States, to the Present TimeLeavitt & Allen, 1853 - 496 páginas |
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Página 13
... remain memorable as the first instance of bloodshed between the British and Americans , did not tend to allay the excitement caused by the presence of the troops . On the following morning a meeting of the citizens was called , and ...
... remain memorable as the first instance of bloodshed between the British and Americans , did not tend to allay the excitement caused by the presence of the troops . On the following morning a meeting of the citizens was called , and ...
Página 14
... remain , it would be at his peril . The Governor , alarmed at the personal dan- ger which threatened him , finally consented to the de- mand , and further hostilities were , for a time , suspended . The injudicious management of his ...
... remain , it would be at his peril . The Governor , alarmed at the personal dan- ger which threatened him , finally consented to the de- mand , and further hostilities were , for a time , suspended . The injudicious management of his ...
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... remain . He always manifested a sin- gular indifference to pecuniary considerations . He was poor while he lived ; and , it has been said , that had not the death of an only son relieved the poverty of his latter days , Samuel Adams ...
... remain . He always manifested a sin- gular indifference to pecuniary considerations . He was poor while he lived ; and , it has been said , that had not the death of an only son relieved the poverty of his latter days , Samuel Adams ...
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... remain long , however , to enjoy the repose waich he coveted ; but died on the 19th of May , 1795 , in the sixty- sixth year of his age . The patriotism of this eminent man was of a pure and highly disinterested nature . He rose to ...
... remain long , however , to enjoy the repose waich he coveted ; but died on the 19th of May , 1795 , in the sixty- sixth year of his age . The patriotism of this eminent man was of a pure and highly disinterested nature . He rose to ...
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... remains , to attract the eye and warm the hearts of those who love and admire them for their virtues and their services . Mr. Carroll had reached a good old age ; and had the happiness to see this young republic , which he had performed ...
... remains , to attract the eye and warm the hearts of those who love and admire them for their virtues and their services . Mr. Carroll had reached a good old age ; and had the happiness to see this young republic , which he had performed ...
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Página 151 - ... so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive...
Página 143 - 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.
Página 149 - So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification.
Página 147 - Let it simply be asked. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Página 145 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which, in different ages and countries, has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Página 152 - 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.
Página 142 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations. They tend to render alien to each other, those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Página 169 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 121 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Página 408 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.