 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...  History of the American Civil War - Page 268by John William Draper - 1867Full view - About this book
 | George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...folly. 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,...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... | |
 | Horace Binney - History - 1835 - 86 pages
...where that influence is to be found, nor, if attainable, that it would 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." On the same side, then and ever after, was JOHN MARSHALL ; and when the extremity of public distress... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 500 pages
...where that influence is to be found ; nor if attainable, that it would 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. Under these impressions, my humble opinion is, that there is a call for decision. Know precisely what... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 580 pages
...folly. 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,...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... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 576 pages
...folly. 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,...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 Dunlap - Dutch - 1840 - 560 pages
...Britain ; and it was thought that Vermont was negotiating with Canada. The wise and virtuous said, " Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties may be secured." "New York," says Marshall, "had given her final veto to the impost system." The confederation... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...where that influence is to be found ; nor, if attainable, that it would 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." " Let the reins of government then be braced," he continued, " and held with a steady hand ; and every... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1847 - 464 pages
...answered, with much feeling, "of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know • not where that influence is to be found,...will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." The convention that framed the federal constitution was now in session, and when the result of its... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...where that influence is to be found, nor, if attainable, that it would 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. Under these impressions, my humble opinion is, that there is a call for decision. Know precisely what... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1847 - 474 pages
...where that influence is to be found ; nor if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for these disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and proper ties will be secured ; or let us know the worst at once. Under those impressions my humble opinion... | |
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