You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have... George Washington - Seite 24von Henry Cabot Lodge - 1917 - 776 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Washington Irving - 1869 - 622 Seiten
...employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influcnce is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1869 - 596 Seiten
...to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be founder, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for...properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at INSURRECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS. 523 once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents... | |
| 1896 - 866 Seiten
...scanned the situation more closely than the father of his country, and in writing to Col. Lee he said: "Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties and properties will be secure, or let us know the worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents... | |
| Washington Irving - 1873 - 516 Seiten
...Henry Lee in Congress, who had addressed several letters to him on the subject, Washington writes : " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...and properties will be secured, or let us know the woist at ar»ce. There is a call for decision. Know preci sely what the insurgents aim at. If they... | |
| Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 Seiten
...You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the general tumults in Massachusetts. . . . Influence is not government. Let us have a Government...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. Under these impressions, my humble opinion is that there is a call for decision." In November he writes,... | |
| Israel Ward Andrews - 1874 - 412 Seiten
..."You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. * * * Influence is not government. Let us have a government...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." l The weakness of the Confederation, especially in its relation to the revenue, had been early seen... | |
| Washington Irving - 1876 - 766 Seiten
...proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not gocTrnment. Let us have a government by which onr lives, liberties and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances,... | |
| Charles Gayarré - 1882 - 544 Seiten
...replied at last : " You tell me, my good Sir, of employing influence to appease the present troubles in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1884 - 588 Seiten
...Henry Lee in Congress, who had addressed several letters to him on the subject, Washington writes : " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...proper.ties will be secured, or let us know the worst el once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have nal... | |
| Robert Cassie Waterston - 1884 - 144 Seiten
...founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and fallacious ! " " Let us have," he adds, " a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once ! " "I hoped," said Washington, as he turned his face to Mount Vernon, " to spend the remainder of... | |
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