A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen of AmericaT.J. Rogers, 1823 - 352 σελίδες |
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... carry their scheme by a sufficient majority . They had their whole plan completed , prepared their resolutions , and then determined to bring the business forward ; but , before they com- menced , the door - keeper was ordered to let no ...
... carry their scheme by a sufficient majority . They had their whole plan completed , prepared their resolutions , and then determined to bring the business forward ; but , before they com- menced , the door - keeper was ordered to let no ...
Σελίδα 69
... carried to Halifax . Here he remained confined in the jail from June to October , when he was removed to New York . During the passage to this place , captain Burke , a daring prisoner , proposed to kill the British captain and seize ...
... carried to Halifax . Here he remained confined in the jail from June to October , when he was removed to New York . During the passage to this place , captain Burke , a daring prisoner , proposed to kill the British captain and seize ...
Σελίδα 74
... carried off . The British pursued their march without further interruption , and soon reached the neighbourhood of Sandy - Hook , without the loss of either their covering party or baggage . The Amer- ican general declined all farther ...
... carried off . The British pursued their march without further interruption , and soon reached the neighbourhood of Sandy - Hook , without the loss of either their covering party or baggage . The Amer- ican general declined all farther ...
Σελίδα 76
... carried off to the camp . Though the attack was unsuccessful , the blockade of Quebec was con- tinued till May , 1776 , when the army , which was in no condition to risk an assault , was removed to a more defensible position . Arnold ...
... carried off to the camp . Though the attack was unsuccessful , the blockade of Quebec was con- tinued till May , 1776 , when the army , which was in no condition to risk an assault , was removed to a more defensible position . Arnold ...
Σελίδα 78
... carried into execution . Such was the humiliation , to which general Ar- nold was reduced , in consequence of yielding to the temptations of pride and vanity , and indulging himself in the pleasures of a sumptuous table and expensive ...
... carried into execution . Such was the humiliation , to which general Ar- nold was reduced , in consequence of yielding to the temptations of pride and vanity , and indulging himself in the pleasures of a sumptuous table and expensive ...
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Σελίδα 339 - 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.
Σελίδα 343 - 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.
Σελίδα 336 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Σελίδα 337 - A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Σελίδα 335 - 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.
Σελίδα 337 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way, which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Σελίδα 334 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Σελίδα 336 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its...
Σελίδα 340 - ... ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Σελίδα 335 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.