 | Thomas Bangs Thorpe - History - 1855 - 412 pages
...language in which its makers wrote it. — If. Y. Express, Aug. 10, 1855. IX. GOLDEN MAXIMS OF WASHINGTON. "Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties, will be secured." " The government of the United States, though not actually perfect, is one of the best in the world."... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - America - 1855 - 436 pages
...NT Express, Aug. 10, 1855. .r, jvj ^ .''";"';::. GOLDEN MAXIMS OF WASHINGTON. '• • "" •- *• Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties, will !-.S: tie- secured." :-;.'.v.', .'•.-' : " The government of the United States, though not actually... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - Presidents - 1856 - 406 pages
...when I view the clouds, that have spread over the brightest morn that ever dawned upon any country. "You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to...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... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...where that influence is to be found ; and, if attainable, it would not be a proper remedy for these disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.' Accordingly, a Convention of delegates from eleven of the States WM held in Philadelphia in May, 1787,... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...where that influence is to be found; and, if attainable, it would not be a proper remedy for these disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have...properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.5 Accordingly, a Convention of delegates from eleven of the States was held in Philadelphia in... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 550 pages
...Lee in Congress, who had addressed several letters to him. on the subject, Washington writes • " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 568 pages
...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 appease...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,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 588 pages
...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 appease...and properties will be secured, or let us know the woi-st et INSURRECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS. 523 once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 508 pages
...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...liberties and properties will be secured, or let us know th« worst at once. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...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 appease...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,... | |
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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... 
