pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addressesLittle, Brown, 1855 |
Из књиге
Резултати 1-5 од 49
Страница 26
... desire you to be assured , that all my zeal will continue to second those further efforts for the public good , which are insured by the spirit in which you are entering on the present session . GEORGE WASHINGTON . REPLY TO THE ANSWER ...
... desire you to be assured , that all my zeal will continue to second those further efforts for the public good , which are insured by the spirit in which you are entering on the present session . GEORGE WASHINGTON . REPLY TO THE ANSWER ...
Страница 27
... desire to procure tranquillity to the frontiers , to stop the further effusion of blood , to arrest the progress of expense , to forward the prevalent wish of the nation for peace , has led to strenuous efforts through various channels ...
... desire to procure tranquillity to the frontiers , to stop the further effusion of blood , to arrest the progress of expense , to forward the prevalent wish of the nation for peace , has led to strenuous efforts through various channels ...
Страница 38
... desire to avoid insult , we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace , one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity , it must be known , that we are at all times ready for war . The documents , which will ...
... desire to avoid insult , we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace , one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity , it must be known , that we are at all times ready for war . The documents , which will ...
Страница 52
... desire also to remove the discontents of the Six Nations , a settlement , meditated at Presque Isle , on Lake Erie , has been suspended ; and an agent is now endeavouring to rectify any misconception into which they may have fallen ...
... desire also to remove the discontents of the Six Nations , a settlement , meditated at Presque Isle , on Lake Erie , has been suspended ; and an agent is now endeavouring to rectify any misconception into which they may have fallen ...
Страница 93
... desire of the court of Lisbon in the article of grade . I am aware that the conse- quences will not end here , and that this is not the only instance in which a like change may be press- ed . But , should it be necessary to yield ...
... desire of the court of Lisbon in the article of grade . I am aware that the conse- quences will not end here , and that this is not the only instance in which a like change may be press- ed . But , should it be necessary to yield ...
Чести термини и фразе
22 June 26 September acres advantages affectionate Alexandria approbation April assurance attention August barley blessings Buck Buckwheat bushels Carolina circumstances citizens Clover conduct constitution Corn Creek crop December duty Edmund Randolph endeavours established execution expressed farms favor February fellow-citizens fence field GENTLEMEN GEORGE WASHINGTON give grass ground happiness honor HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSES OF CONGRESS Indians interest James January John July June justice kind land laws letter liberty manure March Massachusetts meadow measures ment militia Mount Vernon nation necessary North Carolina November object obligations occasion October opinion patriotism peace Pennsylvania person pleased ploughing post-and-rail fence Potatoes present President proper Providence receive render respect river Samuel satisfaction seed SENATE sentiments September sincere sowing sown things Thomas Thomas Mifflin tion tobacco treaty Truro Parish Union United Virginia wheat William William Moultrie wishes
Популарни одломци
Страница 226 - 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...
Страница 233 - 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.
Страница 231 - 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.
Страница 235 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Страница 218 - ... 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, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Страница 230 - ... the latter, without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation, of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation, making the concessions ; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained; and by exciting jealousy, ill-will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld.
Страница 228 - ... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
Страница 227 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. 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 principles.
Страница 222 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured ? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens ! To the efficacy and permanency of your union, a government for the whole is indispensable.
Страница 234 - After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a Neutral position.