...George Washington to use his influence with the people, the latter thus replied from Mount Vernon -. "You talk, my good Sir, of employing influence to...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,...

...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...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,...

...present tumults in Massachusetts. . . . Influence 'American Museum, 1786, page 270, quoted by Story. is not government. Let us have a government by which...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." ' The weakness of the Confederation, especially in its relation to the revenue, had been early seen...

...t1yoU ^HJ. my good sir> of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. . . . Influence is not government. Let us have a government...properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once."1 The weakness of the Confederation, especially in its relation to the revenue, had been early...

...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...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,...

...where that influence is to be found ; nor, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for these disorders. Influence ' is not government. Let us have...will be secured : or let us know the worst at once." When General Washington heard that the Massachusetts insurgents had rejected the pardon extended by...

...Mr. Madison. Works, IX. 207. 'Washington, writing to Henry Lee in Congress, October 31, 1786, says: " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." Works, IX. 204. and well watehed to prevent encroachments, might restore us to that degree of respectability...

...that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disease. Influence is not government. Let us have a government...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." But even in this prostration of all public interests and this degradation of public honor, high-minded...

...happiness. 2. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. 4. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be seen red. 5. (iood sense and honesty are qualities too rare and loo precious not to merit particular...

...use of "influence " to check the disorders in Massachusetts that led to Shays's rebellion, he wrote : "Influence is not government. Let us have a government...properties will be secured, or let us know the worst." 162. Attempts to Strengthen the Government. — In 1781, before the Articles went into operation, Congress...