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... Lafayette sent him a pack of splendid French wolf - hounds . But they proved somewhat fierce and unmanageable , and were given up , and after that the following of the hounds was never resumed . In other respects there was little change ...
... Lafayette sent him a pack of splendid French wolf - hounds . But they proved somewhat fierce and unmanageable , and were given up , and after that the following of the hounds was never resumed . In other respects there was little change ...
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... Lafayette describing the proposed gathering at Annapolis , and added : " A general convention is talked of by many for the purpose of revising and correcting the defects of the federal government ; but whilst this is the wish of some ...
... Lafayette describing the proposed gathering at Annapolis , and added : " A general convention is talked of by many for the purpose of revising and correcting the defects of the federal government ; but whilst this is the wish of some ...
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... in her attempt to belittle the trade of a country which , as he wrote Lafayette in pro- phetic vein , would one day " have weight in the scale of empires . " He followed with the same care the course of events WORKING FOR UNION . 25.
... in her attempt to belittle the trade of a country which , as he wrote Lafayette in pro- phetic vein , would one day " have weight in the scale of empires . " He followed with the same care the course of events WORKING FOR UNION . 25.
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... Lafayette the day after the signing : " It is the re- sult of four months ' deliberation . It is now a child of fortune , to be fostered by some and buffeted by others . What will be the general opinion or WORKING FOR UNION . 37.
... Lafayette the day after the signing : " It is the re- sult of four months ' deliberation . It is now a child of fortune , to be fostered by some and buffeted by others . What will be the general opinion or WORKING FOR UNION . 37.
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... Lafayette had quite gone , and we find him writing to Governor Randolph , in reply to that gentleman's objections : " There are some things in the new form , I will readily acknowledge , which never did , and I am persuaded never will ...
... Lafayette had quite gone , and we find him writing to Governor Randolph , in reply to that gentleman's objections : " There are some things in the new form , I will readily acknowledge , which never did , and I am persuaded never will ...
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Seite 26 - we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the state governments extends over the several States." Thus with unerring judgment he put his finger on the vital point in the whole
Seite 20 - Fourth. The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the people of the United States, which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies ; to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity ; and in some instances to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the
Seite 137 - as it is essential to the due administration of the government that the boundaries fixed by the Constitution should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbid a compliance with your request.
Seite 39 - 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.
Seite 26 - the need of a national government that should deal with the individual citizens of the whole country and not with the States. " To be fearful," he continued, " of investing Congress, constituted as that body is, with ample authorities for national purposes, appears to me the very climax of popular absurdity and madness.
Seite 119 - submit; and you, gentlemen, are at liberty to make these sentiments known as the grounds of my procedure. While I feel the most lively gratitude for the many instances of approbation from my country, I can no otherwise deserve it than by obeying the dictates of my conscience. With due respect, I am,
Seite 151 - shall have traced the origin and progress of the insurrection, let them determine whether it has not been fomented by combinations of men, who, careless of consequences, and disregarding the unerring truth, that those who rouse cannot always appease a civil convulsion, have disseminated, from an ignorance or perversion of facts, suspicions, jealousies, and accusations of the whole government.
Seite 118 - GENTLEMEN : In every act of my administration I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizens. My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly been to overlook all personal, local, and partial considerations ; to contemplate the United States as one great whole ; to confide that sudden impressions, and erroneous, would yield to candid
Seite 137 - should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbid a compliance with your request.
Seite 16 - ought to be no object with us. On the contrary, until we have a little time allowed to open and make easy the ways between the Atlantic States and the western territory, the obstructions had better remain." He was right in describing himself as " singular " in his views on this matter, which