Washington's Farewell Address: The Proclamation of Jackson Against Nullification, and the Declaration of IndependenceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1862 - 30 páginas |
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... injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occa- sions of dispute occur . Hence frequent collisions , obstinate , envenomed , and bloody contests . The nation ...
... injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occa- sions of dispute occur . Hence frequent collisions , obstinate , envenomed , and bloody contests . The nation ...
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... injury from external annoyance ; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations , under the impossibility of making acquisitions ...
... injury from external annoyance ; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations , under the impossibility of making acquisitions ...
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... injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contravention of a compact , but it is an offence against the whole Union . To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union is to say that the United ...
... injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contravention of a compact , but it is an offence against the whole Union . To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union is to say that the United ...
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... injury or ruin , without committing any offence . Secession , like any other revo- lutionary act , may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression ; but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the meaning of terms , and ...
... injury or ruin , without committing any offence . Secession , like any other revo- lutionary act , may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression ; but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the meaning of terms , and ...
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... injury , were used to prepare you for the period when the mask , which concealed the hideous features of dis- union , should be taken off . It fell , and you were made to look with complacency on objects which , not long since , you ...
... injury , were used to prepare you for the period when the mask , which concealed the hideous features of dis- union , should be taken off . It fell , and you were made to look with complacency on objects which , not long since , you ...
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absurdity alliances ANDREW JACKSON annul appeal asserted authority cause character citizens colonies common interest conduct confederation Congress consequences consider Constitution and laws Constitution has given convention course danger deceived DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE declare defence destructive dictate dissolved disunion doctrine duty effect endeavor enforce equal establishing evils execution experience faction favorite nation favors fellow-citizens force foreign influence formed by compact GEORGE WASHINGTON give HARVARD COLLEG honor important imposed independence injury instrument intercourse judiciary justice league legislative legislature liberty look magistrate ment morality motives necessary necessity NULLIFICATION object opposition oppressive ordinance palladium passed passions patriotism peace permanent political connexion port principles PROCLAMATION prosperity provision public opinion punish purpose raising revenue reasoning representatives republican right of resisting right to secede sacred Union sanction secession solemnly South Carolina sovereign sovereignty Spain taxes tion treason treaties uncon unconstitutional unconstitutionality unequal operation United usurp WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS wisdom
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Página 9 - 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.
Página 7 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Página 9 - As a very important source of strength and security cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Página 11 - 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 them. " Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
Página 11 - 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.
Página 9 - Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often,...
Página 9 - 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?
Página 8 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 5 - 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. With slight shades of difference, you have the same Religion, Manners, Habits, and Political Principles.
Página 8 - 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.