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... forces , and of the expectation we have , of his speedy arrival with Major General Lee , that he , with the generals of the forces of the other colonies , may give such orders for their honorable reception , as may accord with the rules ...
... forces , and of the expectation we have , of his speedy arrival with Major General Lee , that he , with the generals of the forces of the other colonies , may give such orders for their honorable reception , as may accord with the rules ...
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... force a constitution on the majority . But , admitting the power , it will surely be granted , that it cannot be done without involving scenes of civil commotion , of a very serious nature . Let the opponents of the proposed ...
... force a constitution on the majority . But , admitting the power , it will surely be granted , that it cannot be done without involving scenes of civil commotion , of a very serious nature . Let the opponents of the proposed ...
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... force of the Republic , and may be trained to a degree of energy , equal to every military exigency of the United States . But it is an inquiry , which can- not be too solemnly pursued , whether the act " more effectually to provide for ...
... force of the Republic , and may be trained to a degree of energy , equal to every military exigency of the United States . But it is an inquiry , which can- not be too solemnly pursued , whether the act " more effectually to provide for ...
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... force nature , by carrying the trade of the Upper Lakes by the River Utawas into Canada , which I scarcely think they will or could effect . Taking Detroit then ( which is putting ourselves in as unfavorable a point of view as we can be ...
... force nature , by carrying the trade of the Upper Lakes by the River Utawas into Canada , which I scarcely think they will or could effect . Taking Detroit then ( which is putting ourselves in as unfavorable a point of view as we can be ...
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... force this spirit , by showing to our country- men the superior advantages we possess beyond others , and the importance of being upon an equal footing with our neighbours . If this is fair reasoning , it ought to follow as a conse ...
... force this spirit , by showing to our country- men the superior advantages we possess beyond others , and the importance of being upon an equal footing with our neighbours . If this is fair reasoning , it ought to follow as a conse ...
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Page 13 - One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 20 - How far in the discharge of my official duties I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world.
Page 21 - I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Page 13 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 17 - So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 12 - Union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those, who in any quarter may endeavour to weaken its bands.
Page 15 - From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 12 - I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Page 12 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation and to recommend to your frequent review some sentiments which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.