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
| George Washington - 1891 - 544 Seiten
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties 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. Know precisely what... | |
| George Washington - 1891 - 544 Seiten
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties 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. Know precisely what... | |
| George Washington - 1891 - 546 Seiten
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties 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. Know precisely what... | |
| Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 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...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,... | |
| 1895 - 622 Seiten
...Smallwoods & got home to dinner." — Washington's Diary. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31. At Mount Vernon : " You talk, my good Sir, of employing influence to appease...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." — Washington to Henry Lee. The popular movement in Western Massachusetts in opposition to the constituted... | |
| Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 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...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,... | |
| William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry - 1896 - 518 Seiten
...pieces. Washington wrote to a member of Congress : " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence. Influence is not government. Let us have a government...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." 378. The Convention of 1786. — In January, 1786, Virginia appointed commissioners to meet with those... | |
| Woodrow Wilson - 1896 - 476 Seiten
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." It was an object-lesson for the whole country ; the dullest and the most lethargic knew now what slack... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1896 - 1000 Seiten
...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." It was an object-lesson for the whole country; the dullest and the most lethargic knew now what slack... | |
| 1896 - 284 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... | |
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