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, 1855 |
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... annoyance ; but Col. WASHINGTON objected .o the measure , because the detachment would be ex posed to the whole force of the enemy on the Ohio , and must be defeated . The plan was in consequence 1758. ] 33 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... annoyance ; but Col. WASHINGTON objected .o the measure , because the detachment would be ex posed to the whole force of the enemy on the Ohio , and must be defeated . The plan was in consequence 1758. ] 33 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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Aaron Bancroft. and must be defeated . The plan was in consequence given up ; and by his advice frequent scouts , consist- ing principally of Indians , were substituted . The pre- diction of Colonel WASHINGTON , respecting the body of ...
Aaron Bancroft. and must be defeated . The plan was in consequence given up ; and by his advice frequent scouts , consist- ing principally of Indians , were substituted . The pre- diction of Colonel WASHINGTON , respecting the body of ...
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... consequences to the colonies , which had ex- erted themselves beyond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio the present campaign . In the same letter , he communicated an order of march on Braddock's road , which would bring ...
... consequences to the colonies , which had ex- erted themselves beyond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio the present campaign . In the same letter , he communicated an order of march on Braddock's road , which would bring ...
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... consequences of a miscarriage , and a miscarriage the almost necessary consequence of an attempt to march the army by this route . " The judgment and advice of Colonel WASHINGTON in this important measure were overruled , and to his ...
... consequences of a miscarriage , and a miscarriage the almost necessary consequence of an attempt to march the army by this route . " The judgment and advice of Colonel WASHINGTON in this important measure were overruled , and to his ...
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... consequences merit notice . The mere defence of lines did not satisfy the enter prizing and patriotick mind of General WASHINGTON . * Judge Marshall denominates these heights , " Welch Mountains . " This name is not known in their ...
... consequences merit notice . The mere defence of lines did not satisfy the enter prizing and patriotick mind of General WASHINGTON . * Judge Marshall denominates these heights , " Welch Mountains . " This name is not known in their ...
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Seite 187 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; 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...
Seite 174 - ... 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, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Seite 187 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Seite 178 - All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force ; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the Nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful...
Seite 178 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Seite 178 - ... 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 of your common concerns.
Seite 187 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Seite 174 - Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your...
Seite 137 - There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we 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.
Seite 182 - 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. 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...