| United States. Congress - 1825 - 742 páginas
...declare that this shall never be our policy, and that he will take the necessary means to prevent it ? On the contrary, knowing that the American People...hearts of his countrymen, to be the palladium of their safetv, he has, by a long and ingenious argument, attempted to destroy its force. He has endeavored... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 432 páginas
...perverted by the treacherous advocates of slavery. Let us listen, in the first place, to the voice of him who was " first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his' countrymen," to THE VOICE OF WASHINGTON. In a letter to John F. Mercer, dated September 9tb, 1786, General Washington... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 432 páginas
...perverted by the treacherous advocates of slavery. Let us listen, in the first place, to the voice of him who was " first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," to THE VOICE OF WASHINGTON. In a letter to John F. Mercer, dated September 9tb, It86, General Washington... | |
| John Law - 1858 - 180 páginas
...that occasion, the fifth highest vote of all the States in the Union. Could it be permitted to him, who was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," to look down from the mansions of bliss, where "he rests from his labors," upon the work of his hands,... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1859 - 222 páginas
...formed in all the principal towns and cities, and every possible mark of respect was paid to the memory of the man who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. 3. In 1800 the seat of government was transferred from Philadelphia... | |
| James R. Creecy - 1860 - 312 páginas
...they are, I had long felt it my duty to make a pilgrimage to the holy and sacred home and restingplace of the man "who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The man to whom we are most indebted for "Liberty, Independence,... | |
| James R. Creecy - 1860 - 306 páginas
...they are, I had long felt it my duty to make a pilgrimage to the holy and sacred home and restingplace of the man "who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The man to whom we are most indebted for "Liberty, Independence,... | |
| 1862 - 764 páginas
...known at the national capital, Congress declared that national honors should be paid to " the memory of the MAN who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The Senate declared that, " on such an occasion" it was manly... | |
| 1901 - 976 páginas
...we tell the coming generations that we are not ungrateful or unmindful of the valor and patriotism of the man who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. I deny the position of the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Blount]... | |
| Franklin Benjamin Hough - 1865 - 292 páginas
...in which he is held by his fellow citizens, and of giving them an opportunity of seeing the likeness of the man who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, and who expressed in his features the benevolence of his nature,... | |
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