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... March , 1789 , the day fixed for commencing the operations of government under the new Constitution , it had been ratified by more than the required number of States . North Carolina ratified it November 21 , 1789 ; Rhode Island , on ...
... March , 1789 , the day fixed for commencing the operations of government under the new Constitution , it had been ratified by more than the required number of States . North Carolina ratified it November 21 , 1789 ; Rhode Island , on ...
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... March next following , then the Vice - President shall act as President , as in the case of the death or other con- stitutional disability of the President . The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice - President , shall be ...
... March next following , then the Vice - President shall act as President , as in the case of the death or other con- stitutional disability of the President . The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice - President , shall be ...
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... March 30 , 1870 , to have been ratified by the legislatures of twenty- nine of the thirty - seven States . WASHINGTON'S CIRCULAR LETTER OF CONGRATULATION AND ADVICE TO THE GOVERNORS 56 Constitution of the United States.
... March 30 , 1870 , to have been ratified by the legislatures of twenty- nine of the thirty - seven States . WASHINGTON'S CIRCULAR LETTER OF CONGRATULATION AND ADVICE TO THE GOVERNORS 56 Constitution of the United States.
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... be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views , the temperate consultations , and the wise measures on which the success of this government must depend . WASHINGTON'S SECOND INAUG- URAL ADDRESS PHILADELPHIA , MARCH 4 , 96 George Washington.
... be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views , the temperate consultations , and the wise measures on which the success of this government must depend . WASHINGTON'S SECOND INAUG- URAL ADDRESS PHILADELPHIA , MARCH 4 , 96 George Washington.
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The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, Washington's Inaugural and Farewell Addresses, Etc Paul Leicester Ford. WASHINGTON'S SECOND INAUG- URAL ADDRESS PHILADELPHIA , MARCH 4 , 1793 . - FELLOW -
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, Washington's Inaugural and Farewell Addresses, Etc Paul Leicester Ford. WASHINGTON'S SECOND INAUG- URAL ADDRESS PHILADELPHIA , MARCH 4 , 1793 . - FELLOW -
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Page 117 - Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 134 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character in governments purely elective it is a spirit not to be encouraged. 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 145 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 183 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us...
Page 136 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 116 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Page 153 - 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; and that after fortyfive years of my life dedicated to its service, with an ^ upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Page 141 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another...
Page 146 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Page 146 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?