American Patriots and Statesmen, from Washington to Lincoln: Patriotism of the early union, 1789-1820Albert Bushnell Hart Printed at the Collier Press, 1916 |
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... President Thomas Jefferson : " The Ocean , the Common Birthright of Mankind " ( 1808 ) 188 190 6. Rev. David Osgood : Religious Necessity of a Navy ( 1809 ) • 192 7. Ex - Vice President Aaron Burr : Official Cold 8 Contents.
... President Thomas Jefferson : " The Ocean , the Common Birthright of Mankind " ( 1808 ) 188 190 6. Rev. David Osgood : Religious Necessity of a Navy ( 1809 ) • 192 7. Ex - Vice President Aaron Burr : Official Cold 8 Contents.
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... Navy ( 1814 ) . 294 17. Daniel Webster : • An Antipreparedness Argument Against Conscription ( 1814 ) 18. Noah Worcester : The Abolition of War ( 1814 ) 19. John Taylor of Caroline : Protest Against Monopolies ( 1814 ) 20. George ...
... Navy ( 1814 ) . 294 17. Daniel Webster : • An Antipreparedness Argument Against Conscription ( 1814 ) 18. Noah Worcester : The Abolition of War ( 1814 ) 19. John Taylor of Caroline : Protest Against Monopolies ( 1814 ) 20. George ...
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... navy , those chains would be adamant , which no human force could break . French tyranny , like the great dragon , would have wings , and the remotest re- gions of the civilized world would be near enough to catch pestilence from his ...
... navy , those chains would be adamant , which no human force could break . French tyranny , like the great dragon , would have wings , and the remotest re- gions of the civilized world would be near enough to catch pestilence from his ...
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... navy to hinder the French from crossing the channel ; surely , when we see these things , we must be unwilling to reflect , or utterly incapable of re- flection , if we can suppose that the array of the militia in the secretary's office ...
... navy to hinder the French from crossing the channel ; surely , when we see these things , we must be unwilling to reflect , or utterly incapable of re- flection , if we can suppose that the array of the militia in the secretary's office ...
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... navy , we should feel that gripe in a month ; General Turreau would quietly exercise all the authorities at Washington . Considering how tamely we give up our millions , while that navy still renders America inaccessible to France , is ...
... navy , we should feel that gripe in a month ; General Turreau would quietly exercise all the authorities at Washington . Considering how tamely we give up our millions , while that navy still renders America inaccessible to France , is ...
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Página 377 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land!
Página 379 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Página 52 - 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, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 46 - ... and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment, by services faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise, and as an instructive example in our annals, that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging...
Página 52 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Página 45 - Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations...
Página 99 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 43 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 41 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 48 - ... 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...