 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 590 Seiten
...privilege of judging of the propriety of them ; and good policy, in my opinion, forbids the disgusting of a whole corps to gratify the pride of an individual...raised their expectations to an insatiable pitch. For the man, who was a captain in France, finding another who was only a subaltern there, or perhaps... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 588 Seiten
...privilege of judging of the propriety of them ; and good policy, in my opinion, forbids the disgusting of a whole corps to gratify the pride of an individual...raised their expectations to an insatiable pitch. For the man, who was a captain in France, finding another who was only a subaltern there, or perhaps... | |
 | Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 Seiten
...them ; and good policy, in my opinion, forbids the disgusting of a whole corps to gratify the pride pf an individual ; for it is by the zeal and activity...raised their expectations to an insatiable pitch. For the man who was a captain in France, finding another who was only a subaltern there, or perhaps... | |
 | William Gannaway Brownlow - 1856 - 222 Seiten
...them, whose merit, perhaps, is not equal to their own, but whose effrontery will take no denial. . . . It is by the zeal and activity of our own people that...be supported, and not by a few hungry adventurers. " I am, &c., " G. WASHINGTON." [Vol. IV., p. 423.] TO THE SAME. " MIDDLEBROOK, June 1, 1777. "You will,... | |
 | Anna Ella Carroll - 1856 - 408 Seiten
...over them, whose merit, perhaps is not equal to their own, but whose effrontery will take no denial. It is by the zeal and activity of our own people that the cause must be supported, and not by the few hungry adventurers. I am, &c., GEORGE WASHINGTON. Middlebank, June 1, 1777. To the same :—... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 380 Seiten
...over them, whose merit perhaps is not equal to their own, but whose effrontery will take no denial. It is by the zeal and activity of our own people that the cause must bo support*!, and not by the few hungry adventurers. I am, &c, GEORGE WASHINGTON. [Vol. IV- p. 483.]... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 404 Seiten
...over them, whose merit perhaps is not equal to their own, but whose effrontery will take no denial. It is by the zeal and activity of our own people that the cause must bo supported, and not by the few hungry adventurers, lam, &c, GEORGE WASHINGTON. [Vol. IV., p. 423.]... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 Seiten
...over them, whoso merit perhaps is not equal to their own, but whose effrontery will take no denial. It is by the zeal and activity of our own people that the cause must bo supported, and not by the few hungry adventurers. " I am, &c., GEO. WASHINGTON. " To Richard II.... | |
 | Charlemagne Tower - 1894 - 546 Seiten
...privilege of judging of the propriety of them ; and good policy, in my opinion, forbids the disgusting of a whole corps to gratify the pride of an individual...views of Congress evidently defeated ; for by giving rank to people of no reputation or service, you have disgusted their own countrymen, or, in other words,... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 380 Seiten
...such honorable marks of favor or distinction. " Good policy, in my opinion, forbids the disgusting of a whole corps to gratify the pride of an individual...raised their expectations to an insatiable pitch. For the man, who was a captain in France, finding another who was only a subaltern there, or perhaps... | |
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The management of this matter, give me leave to add, Sir, is a delicate point ; for although no one will dispute the right of Congress to make appointments, every person will assume the privilege of judging of the propriety of them ; and good policy,... 
