Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America, and Great Britain: Events of 1812-13Lea and Blanchard, 1845 |
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... means great , even among Americans themselves ; derived from less than three years of excitement by war , advan- tages which peace could not have conferred . The war of the Revolution left unpaid a national debt of near 360 millions of ...
... means great , even among Americans themselves ; derived from less than three years of excitement by war , advan- tages which peace could not have conferred . The war of the Revolution left unpaid a national debt of near 360 millions of ...
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... means . The cause was as just ; the preparation greater ; also the forbearance ; and the consequences as beneficial . Moral , physical , and mental independence were achievements of the conflict of 1812 as much as political emancipation ...
... means . The cause was as just ; the preparation greater ; also the forbearance ; and the consequences as beneficial . Moral , physical , and mental independence were achievements of the conflict of 1812 as much as political emancipation ...
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... means of waging it . " The contest in which the U. States engaged appealed for its support , to every motive that can animate an uncorrupted and enlightened people ; to the love of country ; to the pride of liberty ; to an emulation of ...
... means of waging it . " The contest in which the U. States engaged appealed for its support , to every motive that can animate an uncorrupted and enlightened people ; to the love of country ; to the pride of liberty ; to an emulation of ...
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... means , to cultivate with Great Britain , those senti- ments of mutual good will , which naturally belong to nations connected by the ties of a common ancestry , an identity of lan- guage , and a similarity of manners , be doubted , the ...
... means , to cultivate with Great Britain , those senti- ments of mutual good will , which naturally belong to nations connected by the ties of a common ancestry , an identity of lan- guage , and a similarity of manners , be doubted , the ...
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... means of relieving their oppressed citizens . " They were told , that the British naval officers often impressed Swedes , Danes , and other foreigners , from the vessels of the United States ; that they might , with as much reason , rob ...
... means of relieving their oppressed citizens . " They were told , that the British naval officers often impressed Swedes , Danes , and other foreigners , from the vessels of the United States ; that they might , with as much reason , rob ...
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Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America ... Charles Jared Ingersoll Visualização integral - 1845 |
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Admiral American American government Answer arms army attack battle blockade boarders brave Britain British campaign Canada Captain Lawrence capture cent Chesapeake Colonel command commerce Commodore Congress court Creek Dearborn declared defeat dollars edition enemy England English Europe executive extra cloth fleet force Fort George France French frigate Gallatin gun-deck guns Halifax Hampton Harrison honour hostilities House Hull hundred impressment Indians influence internal duties Jackson Jefferson judge advocate Lake Erie Lake Ontario land Lieutenant Cox Madison maritime ment military militia millions minister naval navy nearly never officers orders in council party peace political present president prisoners Proctor repeal Revolution river Raisin royal 12mo Russian Sackett's Harbour savages seamen Secretary Secretary of War Senate Senecas ship soldiers soon South Carolina spirit squadron success surrender taxes tion treasury treaty troops United vessels victory volume volunteers Washington whole Wilkinson wounded Wyandot York
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Página 438 - No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Página 437 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Página 493 - Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.
Página 378 - And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Página 50 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Página 494 - I rejoice that the period of your toils and of your immense sacrifices is approaching. I rejoice that the interesting revolutionary movements of so many years have issued in the formation of a constitution designed to give permanency to the great object for which you have contended. I rejoice that liberty, which you have so long embraced with enthusiasm...
Página 438 - When I contemplate these things; when I know that the colonies in general owe little or nothing to any care of ours, and that they are not squeezed into this happy form by the constraints of watchful and suspicious government, but that through a wise and salutary neglect a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection; — when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us, I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of...
Página 355 - The Creek nation being reduced to extreme want, and not at present having the means of subsistence, the United States, from motives of humanity, will continue to furnish gratuitously the necessaries of life, until the crops of corn can be considered competent to yield the nation a supply,, and will establish...