History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1859 - United States |
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... secure to the laws an honest and enlightened administration . This was not an easy task . The general relaxation of morals , an usual and most lamentable concomitant of war , was attended with a prevailing disregard of , and dispo ...
... secure to the laws an honest and enlightened administration . This was not an easy task . The general relaxation of morals , an usual and most lamentable concomitant of war , was attended with a prevailing disregard of , and dispo ...
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... secure our happiness ? The answer would be - GOVERN WELL , and you have nothing to fear either from internal disaffec- tion or external hostility . Abuse not the power you pos- sess , and you need never apprehend its diminution or loss ...
... secure our happiness ? The answer would be - GOVERN WELL , and you have nothing to fear either from internal disaffec- tion or external hostility . Abuse not the power you pos- sess , and you need never apprehend its diminution or loss ...
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... secure to herself the exclusive trade of her colonies , would relax in favour of the United States , so recently revolted , was little to be expected . Indeed , the people of this coun- try did not , at the beginning of the revolution ...
... secure to herself the exclusive trade of her colonies , would relax in favour of the United States , so recently revolted , was little to be expected . Indeed , the people of this coun- try did not , at the beginning of the revolution ...
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... secure to his country a monopoly of the American trade , announced to congress that he would not sign a treaty but in concert with the United States , and at the same time condemned " the too precipitate admission of British vessels ...
... secure to his country a monopoly of the American trade , announced to congress that he would not sign a treaty but in concert with the United States , and at the same time condemned " the too precipitate admission of British vessels ...
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... the irksome office of de- manding increased contributions , it was better adapted to secure a temporary popularity , and to subserve personal objects , tnan to discharge the public engagements , or 74 [ 1784 . THE REPUBLIC .
... the irksome office of de- manding increased contributions , it was better adapted to secure a temporary popularity , and to subserve personal objects , tnan to discharge the public engagements , or 74 [ 1784 . THE REPUBLIC .
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