The Tour of James Monroe, President of the United States, Through the Northern and Eastern States, in 1817: His Tour in the Year 1818; Together with a Sketch of His Life; with Descriptive and Historical Notices of the Principal Places Through which He Passed ...S. Andrus, 1819 - 348 páginas |
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... army under the command of Gen- eral Washington . At the battle of Harlem Heights , he first faced a veteran enemy . He fought in the bat- tle of White Plains , and was one who followed the ap- parently desperate fortune of Washington ...
... army under the command of Gen- eral Washington . At the battle of Harlem Heights , he first faced a veteran enemy . He fought in the bat- tle of White Plains , and was one who followed the ap- parently desperate fortune of Washington ...
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... army were captured . " The victo- ry of Trenton " operated upon disheartened Americans like a shock of electricity upon a morbid system . The particulars of the battle , and the part taken in it by Lieutenant Monroe , I extract from ...
... army were captured . " The victo- ry of Trenton " operated upon disheartened Americans like a shock of electricity upon a morbid system . The particulars of the battle , and the part taken in it by Lieutenant Monroe , I extract from ...
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... volunteered his service in the militia . In 1780 , he was appointed by Mr. Jefferson , then gover- nor of Virginia , as a military commissioner , and visited the southern army in that capacity . His conduct in B 2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . 17.
... volunteered his service in the militia . In 1780 , he was appointed by Mr. Jefferson , then gover- nor of Virginia , as a military commissioner , and visited the southern army in that capacity . His conduct in B 2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . 17.
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... army in that capacity . His conduct in this important trust , met with undivided approbation . Col. Monroe , near the close of the revolutionary war , commenced his legislative and diplomatic career . It would require volumes to go into ...
... army in that capacity . His conduct in this important trust , met with undivided approbation . Col. Monroe , near the close of the revolutionary war , commenced his legislative and diplomatic career . It would require volumes to go into ...
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... army and navy , exploits were achieved which would gild the pages of any history , yet it required all the en- ergy of the Republic , to resist the power of Britain and their Indian allies in America . By the aid of the " Allied ...
... army and navy , exploits were achieved which would gild the pages of any history , yet it required all the en- ergy of the Republic , to resist the power of Britain and their Indian allies in America . By the aid of the " Allied ...
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Página 116 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You...
Página 342 - States in regard to this contest, and to conclude that it is proper to adhere to it, especially in the present state of affairs. I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.
Página 46 - Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and a usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us, by all wise and constitutional measures, promote intelligence among the people, as the best means of preserving our liberties.
Página ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 49 - It is important, too, that the capital which nourishes our manufactures should be domestic ; as its influence in that case, instead of exhausting, as it may do in foreign hands, would be felt advantageously on agriculture and every other branch of industry. Equally important is it to provide at home a market for our raw materials, as, by extending the competition, it will enhance the price, and protect the cultivator against the casualties incident to foreign markets.
Página 310 - ... the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withhold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their own support and comfort.
Página 97 - Americans will pay, which the exhausted state of the continent renders very unlikely ; and because it was well worth while to incur a loss upon the first exportation, in order, by the glut, to stifle in the cradle those rising manufactures in the United States, which the war had forced into existence contrary to the natural course of things.
Página 44 - Just as this Constitution was put into action several of the principal States of Europe had become much agitated and some of them seriously convulsed. Destructive wars ensued, which have of late only been terminated. In the course of these conflicts the United States received great injury from several of the parties. It was their interest to stand aloof from the contest, to demand justice from the party committing the injury, and to cultivate by a fair and honorable conduct the friendship of all....
Página 344 - Negotiations are now depending with the tribes in the Illinois Territory and with the Choctaws, by which it is expected that other extensive cessions will be made. I take great interest in stating that the cessions already made, which are considered so important to the United States, have been obtained on conditions very satisfactory to the Indians.
Página 47 - Invasions may be made too formidable to be resisted by any land and naval force which it would comport either with the principles of our Government or the circumstances of the United States to maintain. In such cases recourse must be had to the great body of the People and in a manner to produce the best effect. It is of the highest importance, therefore, that they be so organized and trained as to be prepared for any emergency. The arrangement should be such as to put at the command of the Government...