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... opinion ; and gave his country an earnest of his future services . The embassy to the Ohio , not having induced the French to withdraw from that country , the assembly of Virginia adopted measures to maintain the claims of the British ...
... opinion ; and gave his country an earnest of his future services . The embassy to the Ohio , not having induced the French to withdraw from that country , the assembly of Virginia adopted measures to maintain the claims of the British ...
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... opinion at the moment , but , after the commencement of the march , the measure from necessity was partially adopted . Soon after the army left Cumberland , Colonel WASHINGTON was attacked by a violent fever ; refusing to be left behind ...
... opinion at the moment , but , after the commencement of the march , the measure from necessity was partially adopted . Soon after the army left Cumberland , Colonel WASHINGTON was attacked by a violent fever ; refusing to be left behind ...
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... and restore peace to our unhappy fron- tiers . " On supposition that the assembly should persist in the scheme of defensive warfare , he presented to the Governour a plan for his opinion . This was to 28 [ 1756 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... and restore peace to our unhappy fron- tiers . " On supposition that the assembly should persist in the scheme of defensive warfare , he presented to the Governour a plan for his opinion . This was to 28 [ 1756 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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Aaron Bancroft. Governour a plan for his opinion . This was to esta blish twenty - two forts , reaching from the river Mayo to the Potomack , in a line of three hundred and sixty miles ; and which were to be garrisoned by a regular force ...
Aaron Bancroft. Governour a plan for his opinion . This was to esta blish twenty - two forts , reaching from the river Mayo to the Potomack , in a line of three hundred and sixty miles ; and which were to be garrisoned by a regular force ...
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... to common policy , and in short to every thing but villany , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . " If it be possible that Colonel , for my 30 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . [ 1757.
... to common policy , and in short to every thing but villany , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . " If it be possible that Colonel , for my 30 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . [ 1757.
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adopted Ameri American army appointed attack attempt body Britain British army camp campaign character circumstances citizens Colonel WASHINGTON Commander in Chief communicated conceived conduct confidence Congress consequence Constitution corps Count d'Estaing danger defence detachment disposition duty effect endeavour enemy engaged establish event execution exertions expected expedition experience expressed favourable feelings force Fort Mifflin France French friends garrison Gene give Governour gress happiness honour hundred Indians induced influence INGTON Island Legislature letter liberty Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun manner measures ment military militia mind Minister Mount Vernon nation necessary neral New-Jersey New-York North river occasion officers opinion orders party passed patriotism peace Philadelphia present President provisions publick reason received Red Bank regiment rendered resolution respect retirement retreat sentiments sion Sir Henry Clinton situation soldiers spirit superiour thing thousand tion treaty troops United Virginia WASHING wish York Island
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Página 182 - 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.
Página 176 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Página 184 - If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Página 180 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 184 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected.
Página 184 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Página 184 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 187 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.
Página 178 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally. THIS spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Página 183 - 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.