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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... wisdom and fortitude , invariably regard . ing the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes . You have , by the love and confidence of your fellow - citizens , enabled them to display their martial genius , and ...
... wisdom and fortitude , invariably regard . ing the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes . You have , by the love and confidence of your fellow - citizens , enabled them to display their martial genius , and ...
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... wisdom and justice , for its mild- ness and lenity , for its order and economy , for its virtue and piety . In council as in camp general Washington shone with unri- valled lustre . Under the new government a new order of things was to ...
... wisdom and justice , for its mild- ness and lenity , for its order and economy , for its virtue and piety . In council as in camp general Washington shone with unri- valled lustre . Under the new government a new order of things was to ...
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... wisdom and the example of his virtues . " It is some consolation , amidst the violence of ambition and the criminal thirst of power , of which so many instances occur around us , to find a character whom it is honorable to admire , and ...
... wisdom and the example of his virtues . " It is some consolation , amidst the violence of ambition and the criminal thirst of power , of which so many instances occur around us , to find a character whom it is honorable to admire , and ...
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... Wisdom , the heart - rending privation for which our nation weeps . When the civilized world shakes to its centre ; when every mo- ment gives birth to strange and momentous changes ; when our peaceful quarter of the globe , exempt as it ...
... Wisdom , the heart - rending privation for which our nation weeps . When the civilized world shakes to its centre ; when every mo- ment gives birth to strange and momentous changes ; when our peaceful quarter of the globe , exempt as it ...
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... wisdom and confidence in their virtue . In this august assembly of sages and patriots , Wash- ington of course was found and , as if acknowledged to be most wise , where all were wise , with one voice he was declared their chief . How ...
... wisdom and confidence in their virtue . In this august assembly of sages and patriots , Wash- ington of course was found and , as if acknowledged to be most wise , where all were wise , with one voice he was declared their chief . How ...
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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.