Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the CountryE. Kearny, 1842 - 588 Seiten |
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... elected a representative to the first Congress , which met at Philadelphia , in 1774 , and was the active mem- ber of all the committees on military affairs . When the commencement of hostilities made it necessary to appoint a commander ...
... elected a representative to the first Congress , which met at Philadelphia , in 1774 , and was the active mem- ber of all the committees on military affairs . When the commencement of hostilities made it necessary to appoint a commander ...
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... elected to seats in the new Congress . Two of the states for a while refused to accept the constitution , and were , consequently , beyond the reach of its power . The relations of the general government with foreign nations were very ...
... elected to seats in the new Congress . Two of the states for a while refused to accept the constitution , and were , consequently , beyond the reach of its power . The relations of the general government with foreign nations were very ...
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... elected a delegate , his friend , Mr. Sewall , the King's Attorney General , labored earnestly to dissuade him from accepting the appointment . He told him " that Great Britain was determined on her system ; her power was irresistible ...
... elected a delegate , his friend , Mr. Sewall , the King's Attorney General , labored earnestly to dissuade him from accepting the appointment . He told him " that Great Britain was determined on her system ; her power was irresistible ...
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... elected , and Mr. Adams received the appointment of Minister to England . He received instructions , by which he was to be guided ; among which were , that the United States should be treated with as a free and independent state , and ...
... elected , and Mr. Adams received the appointment of Minister to England . He received instructions , by which he was to be guided ; among which were , that the United States should be treated with as a free and independent state , and ...
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... elected Vice President of the United States , and re- elected in 1792. In 1796 , General Washington retired from public life , and Mr. Adams was elected President of the United States , though not without a good deal of opposition ...
... elected Vice President of the United States , and re- elected in 1792. In 1796 , General Washington retired from public life , and Mr. Adams was elected President of the United States , though not without a good deal of opposition ...
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Seite 122 - But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
Seite 123 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Seite 123 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Seite 106 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has...
Seite 80 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 61 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Seite 124 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason; freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of "revolution and reformation.
Seite 94 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
Seite 94 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Seite 50 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.