Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of Their Government, Laws, Politics and Resources; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People: Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Volume 4 |
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... and because I am willing to let slip no opportunity of declaring my respect for a
public , from whom those performances have ever , from the publication of my first
essay , to the present moment , met with the most liberal encouragement .
... and because I am willing to let slip no opportunity of declaring my respect for a
public , from whom those performances have ever , from the publication of my first
essay , to the present moment , met with the most liberal encouragement .
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With respect to my ancestors , I shall go no further back than my grandfather , and
for this plain reason , that I never heard talk of any prior to him . He was a day -
labourer ; and I have heard my father say , that he worked for one farmer from the
...
With respect to my ancestors , I shall go no further back than my grandfather , and
for this plain reason , that I never heard talk of any prior to him . He was a day -
labourer ; and I have heard my father say , that he worked for one farmer from the
...
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... equally divided in their opinions , concerning that war , and their wishes
respecting the result of it . My father was a partizan of the Americans : he used
frequently to dispute on the subject , with the gardener of a nobleman who lived
near us .
... equally divided in their opinions , concerning that war , and their wishes
respecting the result of it . My father was a partizan of the Americans : he used
frequently to dispute on the subject , with the gardener of a nobleman who lived
near us .
Page 49
I went to that country full of all those prejudices , that Englishmen suck in with
their mother's milk , against the French and against their religion : a few weeks
convinced me chat I had been deceived with respect to both . I met every where
VOL .
I went to that country full of all those prejudices , that Englishmen suck in with
their mother's milk , against the French and against their religion : a few weeks
convinced me chat I had been deceived with respect to both . I met every where
VOL .
Page 52
With respect to the authenticity of this letter there can be no doubt . I have shown
the original , as well as those of the other documents here transcribed , to more
than fifty gentlemen of the city of Philadelphia , and they may , at any time , be ...
With respect to the authenticity of this letter there can be no doubt . I have shown
the original , as well as those of the other documents here transcribed , to more
than fifty gentlemen of the city of Philadelphia , and they may , at any time , be ...
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Page 290 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 287 - It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms ; kindles the animosity of one part against another ; foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Page 284 - 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. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 281 - The east. in a like intercourse with the west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort — and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence,...
Page 284 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force — to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful...
Page 280 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 286 - 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.
Page 290 - 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.
Page 279 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Page 295 - The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe that according to my understanding of the matter, that right ,so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all.
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| Title | Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of Their Government, Laws, Politics and Resources; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men; and of the ..., Volume 4 Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of Their Government, Laws, Politics and Resources; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People: Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, William Cobbett |
| Author | William Cobbett |
| Publisher | Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Apr 2006 |
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