 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
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...writes: " You talk, ruy 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. There is a call for decision. Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances,... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...1786. 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. — To Henry l<ee, in Congress, 31 October, 1786. Fain would I hope, that the great and most important... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...to a friend in Congress, " 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." It was in the midst of all this confusion and terror, that the genius of Hamilton at length saw the... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 504 pages
...to a friend in Congress, " 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." It was in the midst of all this confusion and terror, that the genius of Hamilton at length saw the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...present tumults in Massachusetts. (!) I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attained, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders....will be secured, or let us know the worst at once, — know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances, redress them, if possible;... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 516 pages
...to a friend in Congress, " of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or,...that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Inflnence is not government. Let us have a government, by which our lives, liberties, and properties... | |
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