 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 Seiten
...sake tell me/' said he in a letter to Colonel Humphreys, " what is the cause of all these commotions ? that the question having been lost by a small majority...that an appeal from me to the judgment and discretion SIIAYS'S FORCES IN MASSACHUSETTS. exercise them. Commotions of this sort, like snowballs, gather strength... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 544 Seiten
...hand, or to give confidence on 1 " For God's sake tell me what is the cause of all these commotions ? Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence,...grievances which admit of redress ? If the latter, why were they delayed till the public mind had become so much agitated ? If the former, why are not the... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 546 Seiten
...hand, or to give confidence on 1 " For God's sake tell me what is the cause of all these commotions ? Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence,...grievances which admit of redress ? If the latter, why were they delayed till the public mind had become so much agitated ? If the former, why are not the... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 544 Seiten
...hand, or to give confidence on 1 " For God's sake tell me what is the cause of all these commotions ? Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence,...grievances which admit of redress ? If the latter, why were they delayed till the public mind had become so much agitated ? If the former, why are not the... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 564 Seiten
...tell me," said he, in a letter to Colonel Humphreys, " what is the cause of all these commotions ? Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence...agitated? If the former, why are not the powers of the government tried at once? It is as well to be without as not to exercise them." To General Knox... | |
 | Frank Landon Humphreys - 1917 - 520 Seiten
...the conduct of Genl. Sullivan. But for God's sake tell me what is the cause of all these commotions; do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence...grievances which admit of redress? If the latter why were they delayed 'till the public mind has become so much agitated? If the former why are not the... | |
 | Charles Martyn - 1921 - 534 Seiten
...land. "What is the cause of all these commotions?" asked Washington in a letter to Colonel Humphreys. "Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence...disseminated by the tories, or real grievances which admit of redress?"24 And Humphreys replied, "From all the information I have been able to obtain ... I should... | |
 | Maggs Bros - 1925 - 660 Seiten
...Gods sake tell me, what is the cause of all these commotions? Do they proceed from licenciousness, British influence disseminated by the Tories, or real...grievances which admit of redress? If the latter, why has the remedy been delayed till the public mind has become so much agitated, & why yet postponed ?... | |
 | John Clement Fitzpatrick - 1924 - 348 Seiten
...him an outburst of shocked amazement: For God's sake tell me what is the cause of these commotions? Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence...grievances which admit of redress? If the latter, why were they delayed until the public mind had become so agitated? If the former, why are not the powers... | |
 | James Truslow Adams - 1926 - 484 Seiten
...God's sake, tell me," he wrote to David Humphreys in October, "what is the cause of these commotions ? Do they proceed from licentiousness, British influence...grievances which admit of redress ? If the latter, why were they delayed until the public mind had become so agitated ? If the former, why are not the powers... | |
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If the latter, why was redress delayed until the public mind had become so much agitated ? If the former, why are not the powers of government tried at once ? It is as well to be without as not to exercise them. 
