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... hope it will be continued , and find acceptation in the world , for many years to come . It is not for any party , or temporary humour , or passion , that we select and record the transactions and events of the passing years , but for ...
... hope it will be continued , and find acceptation in the world , for many years to come . It is not for any party , or temporary humour , or passion , that we select and record the transactions and events of the passing years , but for ...
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... hope of our re- Covering them . He was preparing to invade Italy with a great and victorious army . The scarcity that afflicted the kingdom had been fore- told ; but ministers disdained to listen to the warning , though enforced from ...
... hope of our re- Covering them . He was preparing to invade Italy with a great and victorious army . The scarcity that afflicted the kingdom had been fore- told ; but ministers disdained to listen to the warning , though enforced from ...
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... hope of rising to the situation of an actual cul- tivator of the soil ; such as restraints on the excessive monopolization of land ; long , and in some cases perpetual leases ; a judicious distribution of waste lands , and va- rious ...
... hope of rising to the situation of an actual cul- tivator of the soil ; such as restraints on the excessive monopolization of land ; long , and in some cases perpetual leases ; a judicious distribution of waste lands , and va- rious ...
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... hope of an advantageous peace till the present period . Less than a year before , the successes of the French had ren- dered them untractable , and it was only since their late defeats that reasonable men had begun to hope for equitable ...
... hope of an advantageous peace till the present period . Less than a year before , the successes of the French had ren- dered them untractable , and it was only since their late defeats that reasonable men had begun to hope for equitable ...
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... hope ? they would certainly be popular in this country , and not displeasing to our allies , nor to all Europe , which looked anxi- ously for such an event . The great obstacle to peace was the ani- mosity between the French and their ...
... hope ? they would certainly be popular in this country , and not displeasing to our allies , nor to all Europe , which looked anxi- ously for such an event . The great obstacle to peace was the ani- mosity between the French and their ...
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Page 295 - ... 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...
Page 293 - States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.
Page 299 - 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.
Page 302 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 292 - ... it is essential to the due administration of the government, that the boundaries fixed by the constitution between the different departments should be preserved ; a just regard to the constitution, and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbid a compliance with your request.
Page 298 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed, but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 303 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe, my proclamation of the 22d of April, 1793, is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Page 301 - 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. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment at least is...
Page 299 - ... 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 bursting into a flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 204 - ... 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.