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... measures as freemen ought to do , sent over fleets and armies to enforce them . The indignation of the Americans was roused , it is true ; but it was the indignation of a virtuous , loyal 4 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY .
... measures as freemen ought to do , sent over fleets and armies to enforce them . The indignation of the Americans was roused , it is true ; but it was the indignation of a virtuous , loyal 4 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY .
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... sent over to general Gage . Fruitless were all the intreaties , arguments , and eloquence of an illustrious band of the most distin- guished peers and commoners , who nobly and stren- uously asserted the justice of our cause , to stay ...
... sent over to general Gage . Fruitless were all the intreaties , arguments , and eloquence of an illustrious band of the most distin- guished peers and commoners , who nobly and stren- uously asserted the justice of our cause , to stay ...
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... sent hither swarms of officers , to harrass our peo- ple , and eat out their substance . He has kept among us , in times of peace , stand- ing armies , without the consent of our legislatures . He has affected to render the military ...
... sent hither swarms of officers , to harrass our peo- ple , and eat out their substance . He has kept among us , in times of peace , stand- ing armies , without the consent of our legislatures . He has affected to render the military ...
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... sent to the several assemblies , conventions and commit- tecs , or councils of safety , and to the several com- manding officers of the continental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States , and at the head of the ...
... sent to the several assemblies , conventions and commit- tecs , or councils of safety , and to the several com- manding officers of the continental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States , and at the head of the ...
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... sent moment , as worthy of the favourable notice and patronage of congress . 20 I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life , by com- mending the interests of our dearest country to the ...
... sent moment , as worthy of the favourable notice and patronage of congress . 20 I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life , by com- mending the interests of our dearest country to the ...
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Page 344 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world — so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend...
Page 345 - 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.
Page 331 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Page 344 - ... with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to...
Page 343 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
Page 332 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 339 - The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice?
Page 337 - 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.
Page 330 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Page 340 - ... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt not only by shunning occasions of expense but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.