A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen of AmericaT.J. Rogers, 1823 - 352 páginas |
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... formed , that the wants of the treasury were too urgent to admit of a supply from their present means , but that a ... formation of the passage of the act reached the colonies , the assembly of Virginia was the only . one in session ...
... formed , that the wants of the treasury were too urgent to admit of a supply from their present means , but that a ... formation of the passage of the act reached the colonies , the assembly of Virginia was the only . one in session ...
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... formed un- der charters from the crown , and an harmonious intercourse was established between the Colonies and the kingdom from which they derived their origin . The mutual benefits of this union became in a short time so extraordinary ...
... formed un- der charters from the crown , and an harmonious intercourse was established between the Colonies and the kingdom from which they derived their origin . The mutual benefits of this union became in a short time so extraordinary ...
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... formed to ex- cite domestic enemies against us . In brief , a part of these Colonies now feel , and all of them are sure of feeling , as far as the vengeance of administration can inflict them , the complicated calamities of fire ...
... formed to ex- cite domestic enemies against us . In brief , a part of these Colonies now feel , and all of them are sure of feeling , as far as the vengeance of administration can inflict them , the complicated calamities of fire ...
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... formed at once from such raw materials ? Who that was not a witness , could imagine that the most violent local prejudices would cease so soon , and that men who came from the different parts of the continent , strongly disposed by the ...
... formed at once from such raw materials ? Who that was not a witness , could imagine that the most violent local prejudices would cease so soon , and that men who came from the different parts of the continent , strongly disposed by the ...
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... formed alliances , and whilst it was without friends or a government to support you . You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude , invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and ...
... formed alliances , and whilst it was without friends or a government to support you . You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude , invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and ...
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Página 339 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 343 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Página 336 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Página 337 - A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Página 335 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Página 337 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way, which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 334 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Página 336 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon 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...
Página 340 - ... ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Página 335 - 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.