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... night the act passed , Dr. Frank- lin . who was then in London , wrote to Charles Thompson , afterwards secretary to congress : — " The sun of liberty is set ; the Americans must light the lamps of industry and economy . " To which Mr ...
... night the act passed , Dr. Frank- lin . who was then in London , wrote to Charles Thompson , afterwards secretary to congress : — " The sun of liberty is set ; the Americans must light the lamps of industry and economy . " To which Mr ...
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... nights , when the number amounted to more than thirty . The friends of the administration knew nothing of the matter . The popular leaders took the sense of the members in a private way , and found that they would be able to carry their ...
... nights , when the number amounted to more than thirty . The friends of the administration knew nothing of the matter . The popular leaders took the sense of the members in a private way , and found that they would be able to carry their ...
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... night the British troops left Boston . To gain possession of the pa- pers of Messrs . Adams and Hancock , who lodged together in the village , was one of the motives , it is said , of the expedition which led to that memo- rable ...
... night the British troops left Boston . To gain possession of the pa- pers of Messrs . Adams and Hancock , who lodged together in the village , was one of the motives , it is said , of the expedition which led to that memo- rable ...
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... night of the 24th of Sep- tember . In the morning he waited with impa- tience for the signal of colonel Brown , who agreed to co - operate with him ; but he waited in vain . He made a resolute defence against an attack of 500 men , and ...
... night of the 24th of Sep- tember . In the morning he waited with impa- tience for the signal of colonel Brown , who agreed to co - operate with him ; but he waited in vain . He made a resolute defence against an attack of 500 men , and ...
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... could not get within reach , before it was dark . These re- mained on the ground , which they had been direct- ed to occupy during the night , with an intention of G • attacking early next morning , and the main body ALEXANDER . 73.
... could not get within reach , before it was dark . These re- mained on the ground , which they had been direct- ed to occupy during the night , with an intention of G • attacking early next morning , and the main body ALEXANDER . 73.
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Page 344 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world — so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend...
Page 345 - 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.
Page 331 - ... 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 344 - ... with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to...
Page 343 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
Page 332 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 339 - The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice?
Page 337 - 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 330 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Page 340 - ... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt not only by shunning occasions of expense but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.