Elements of Useful Knowledge: Volume II : Containing a Historical and Geographical Account of the United States : for the Use of Schools, Volumen2Hudson and Goodwin, 1813 - 224 páginas |
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... compel them to export their iron , and import the manufactures of England . This arbitrary law was enforced , to the destruction of ish some machines of the kinds mentioned , and the dissat- Elements of Useful Knowledge . 11.
... compel them to export their iron , and import the manufactures of England . This arbitrary law was enforced , to the destruction of ish some machines of the kinds mentioned , and the dissat- Elements of Useful Knowledge . 11.
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... manufactures . These measures of Massachu- setts were adopted by the other colonies , and a circu- lar letter from Boston had its influence in giving con- cert and consistency to the opinions and proceedings of the colonial assemblies ...
... manufactures . These measures of Massachu- setts were adopted by the other colonies , and a circu- lar letter from Boston had its influence in giving con- cert and consistency to the opinions and proceedings of the colonial assemblies ...
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... manufacture of powder , caused mills for making it to spring up in all parts of the country as by en- chantment . Ships and money were dispatched se- cretly to Europe to purchase and import arms and am- munition . In some places the ...
... manufacture of powder , caused mills for making it to spring up in all parts of the country as by en- chantment . Ships and money were dispatched se- cretly to Europe to purchase and import arms and am- munition . In some places the ...
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... manufactures had declined , and the hab- its of the people had become luxurious and licentious , by means of a liberal credit of goods , and a disorgan- ized state of the government , the measures of the le- gislature were found to ...
... manufactures had declined , and the hab- its of the people had become luxurious and licentious , by means of a liberal credit of goods , and a disorgan- ized state of the government , the measures of the le- gislature were found to ...
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... manufactures , were mounted on wheels and drawn through the streets , attended by immense proces- sions of citizens arranged according to their profes- sions ; while bands of music , streaming flags and the roar of cannon , manifested ...
... manufactures , were mounted on wheels and drawn through the streets , attended by immense proces- sions of citizens arranged according to their profes- sions ; while bands of music , streaming flags and the roar of cannon , manifested ...
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Página 209 - The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive Government of the United 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...
Página 214 - These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind and exhibit the continuance of the Union as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere? Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal. We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole...
Página 213 - 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, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Página 209 - I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured, that this .resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country...
Página 212 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 216 - 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 and enterprising minority of the community, and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common councils, and modified by mutual...
Página 213 - The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The...
Página 213 - NORTH, sees its agriculture grow, and its commerce expand. Turning partly into its own channels the seamen of the NORTH, it finds its particular navigation invigorated; and while it contributes, in different ways, to nourish and increase the general mass of the national navigation, it looks forward to the protection of a maritime strength, to which itself is unequally adapted.
Página 212 - But as it is easy to foresee that from different causes and from different quarters much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth...