 | Israel Ward Andrews - United States - 1887 - 420 pages
...not surprising that Washington of should write as he did to a member of Congress : washington. , , You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. . . . Influence 'American Museum, 1786, page 270, quoted by Story. is not government. Let us have a... | |
 | Israel Ward Andrews - Constitutional history - 1887 - 426 pages
...surprising that Washington of should write as he did to a member of Congress : Washington. t1yoU ^HJ. my good sir> of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. . . . Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties... | |
 | John Fiske - United States - 1888 - 670 pages
...Henry Lee in Congress, who had addressed several letters to him on the subject, Washington writes, " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. There, is a call for decision. Know precisely... | |
 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 464 pages
...an extract from one of his letters, taken from Marshall's Life of Washington : " You talk, my dear sir, of employing influence to appease the present...Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, nor, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for those disorders. Influence is not government.... | |
 | Mason Arnold Green - Springfield (Mass.) - 1888 - 712 pages
...scenes which it is more than probable many of his compatriots may live to bemoan. You talk, my dear sir, of employing influence to appease the present...Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found ; nor, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for these disorders. Influence ' is not government.... | |
 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 542 pages
...an extract from one of his letters, taken from Marshall's Life of Washington : " You talk, my dear sir, of employing influence to appease the present...Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, nor, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for those disorders. Influence is not government.... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1889 - 800 pages
...Mr. Madison. Works, IX. 207. 'Washington, writing to Henry Lee in Congress, October 31, 1786, says: " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." Works, IX. 204. and well watehed to... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889 - 420 pages
...fruit, and Washington watched the progress of the troubles with profound anxiety. He wrote to Lee : "You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to...have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once." Through " all this mist of intoxication... | |
 | William Gammell - United States - 1890 - 416 pages
...passage, prompted no doubt by the bitter recollection of many a similar request in other years : " You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease...attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disease. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties... | |
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You talk, my good Sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have... 
