The Washingtoniana: Containing a Sketch of the Life and Death of the Late Gen. George Washington, with a Collection of Elegant Eulogies, Orations, Poems, &c., Sacred to His Memory |
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... these United States , aided by a magnanimous king and nation , have been enabled , under a just Providence , to close the war in freedom , safety and independence ; on which happy event , we sincerely join you in GENERAL WASHINGTON . 15.
... these United States , aided by a magnanimous king and nation , have been enabled , under a just Providence , to close the war in freedom , safety and independence ; on which happy event , we sincerely join you in GENERAL WASHINGTON . 15.
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... happy event , we sincerely join you in congratulations . Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ... happy and respectable nation . And for you we address to him our earnest prayer , that a life so beloved may be ...
... happy event , we sincerely join you in congratulations . Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ... happy and respectable nation . And for you we address to him our earnest prayer , that a life so beloved may be ...
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... happy ; such a chief must be forever revered . WAR , long menaced by the Indian tribes , now broke out ; and the terrible conflict deluging Europe with blood , began to shed its baneful influence over our happy land . To the first , out ...
... happy ; such a chief must be forever revered . WAR , long menaced by the Indian tribes , now broke out ; and the terrible conflict deluging Europe with blood , began to shed its baneful influence over our happy land . To the first , out ...
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... happy instrument of preserving him to that country , and to the high destination of his future honors- for , impelled by the martial disposition of his mind , he was about to engage in the naval service of Great - Britain at the infant ...
... happy instrument of preserving him to that country , and to the high destination of his future honors- for , impelled by the martial disposition of his mind , he was about to engage in the naval service of Great - Britain at the infant ...
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... a subsequent part of the discourse . THE voice of his country , to which he was ever obedient , was again raised to call him from his tranquil and happy retire , Bment , THAT frame of government , which , in a period WASHINGTONIANA . 45.
... a subsequent part of the discourse . THE voice of his country , to which he was ever obedient , was again raised to call him from his tranquil and happy retire , Bment , THAT frame of government , which , in a period WASHINGTONIANA . 45.
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Page 29 - 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. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, —...
Page 20 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 21 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort ; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Page 26 - It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Page 18 - The strength of my inclination to do this, previous to the last election, had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you. But mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations, and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence, impelled me to abandon the idea. I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or...
Page 27 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 29 - Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The Nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to War the Government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The Government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject...
Page 26 - 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 bursting into a flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 26 - 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.
Page 24 - 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.