 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1827 - 516 pages
...termination of them, aided by annual, instead of constant sessions, would, or I am exceedingly mistaken, make us one of the most wealthy, happy, respectable,...inhabited the terrestrial globe ; without them, we shall in my opinion, soon be everything which is the direct reverse of it.' Many other private letters from... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...termination of elections, aided by annual instead of constant sessions, would, or I am exceedingly mistaken, make us one of the most wealthy, happy, respectable,...inhabited the terrestrial globe. Without them, we shall, b my opinion, soon be every thing which is the direct reverse. I shall look for you, in the first part... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 580 pages
...termination of elections, aided by annual instead of constant sessions, would, or I am exceedingly mistaken, make us one of the most wealthy, happy, respectable,...inhabited the terrestrial globe. Without them, we shall, in my opinion, soon be every thing which is the direct reverse. I shall look for you, in the first... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 576 pages
...termination of elections, aided by annual instead of constant sessions, would, or I am exceedingly mistaken, make us one of the most wealthy, happy, respectable,...inhabited the terrestrial globe. Without them, we shall, in my opinion, soon be every thing which is the direct reverse. I shall look for you, in the first... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1855 - 574 pages
...termination of elections, aided by annual instead of constant sessions, would, or I am exceedingly mistaken, make us one of the most wealthy, happy, respectable,...inhabited the terrestrial globe. Without them, we shall, in my opinion, soon be every thing which is the direct reverse. I shall look for you, in the first... | |
 | American essays - 1886 - 910 pages
...said Washington, " that an extension of federal powers would make us one of the most happy, wealthy, respectable, and powerful nations that ever inhabited...moving upon crutches and tottering at every step." John Fisice. SIBYL THE SAVAGE. THE little village of Deepgrove, in Western Massachusetts, has a tragical... | |
 | Law - 1901 - 510 pages
...said Washington, " that an extension of federal powers would make us one of the most happy, wealthy, respectable and powerful nations that ever inhabited...shall soon be everything which is the direct reverse." That the government has the power to legislate and make laws not expressly inhibited, for the peace... | |
 | George Bancroft - Constitutional history - 1882 - 556 pages
...to stimulate us to vest adequate powers in the sovereign of these United States ? "An extension of federal powers would make us one of the most wealthy,...moving upon crutches and tottering at every step." ' The immensity of the ungranted public domain which had passed from the English crown to the CHAP.... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1882 - 348 pages
...January 18, 1784, said: "An extension of federal powers would make us one of the most wealthy, happy, and respectable and powerful nations that ever inhabited...direct reverse. I predict the worst consequences from the half starving, limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step. " Even... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 610 pages
...to stimulate us to vest adequate powers in the sovereign of these United States ? " An extension of federal powers would make us one of the most wealthy,...moving upon crutches and tottering at every step." * The immensity of the ungranted public domain which had passed from the English crown to the American... | |
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It is clear to me as ABC," said Washington, "that an extension of federal powers would make us one of the most happy, wealthy, respectable, and powerful nations that ever inhabited the terrestrial globe. Without them we shall soon be everything which... 
