Incidents in American History: Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery of America, to the Present TimeJ. Philbrick, 1856 - 448 páginas |
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... arrived near New - York ; and landed the troops on Staten Island . Gen. Wash- ington at this time was in New - York with about 13,000 men , who were encamped either in the city , or the neighbouring fortifications . The operations of ...
... arrived near New - York ; and landed the troops on Staten Island . Gen. Wash- ington at this time was in New - York with about 13,000 men , who were encamped either in the city , or the neighbouring fortifications . The operations of ...
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... arrived at Newport , R. I. with a French fleet for the assistance of the Americans . In August , Gen. Sullivan , with a large body of troops , attempted to take possession of Rhode Island , but did not succeed . In December , Savannah ...
... arrived at Newport , R. I. with a French fleet for the assistance of the Americans . In August , Gen. Sullivan , with a large body of troops , attempted to take possession of Rhode Island , but did not succeed . In December , Savannah ...
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... the garrison to the sword . About the last of August , Count de Grasse with a large French fleet arrived in the Chesapeake and block- ed up the British troops at Yorktown . Gen. Wash ington previous to this had moved the main body of 19.
... the garrison to the sword . About the last of August , Count de Grasse with a large French fleet arrived in the Chesapeake and block- ed up the British troops at Yorktown . Gen. Wash ington previous to this had moved the main body of 19.
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... arrived at Yorktown . A vigorous siege now commenced , and was carried on with such effect by the combined forces of America and France , that Cornwallis was forced to surrender . This important event took place on the 19th of October ...
... arrived at Yorktown . A vigorous siege now commenced , and was carried on with such effect by the combined forces of America and France , that Cornwallis was forced to surrender . This important event took place on the 19th of October ...
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... arrived in September , 1543. In this extraordinary ex- pedition of more than four years ' duration , in search o . gold in the wilderness , and among hostile savages , more than half the men perished . * Father Hennepin , a missionary ...
... arrived in September , 1543. In this extraordinary ex- pedition of more than four years ' duration , in search o . gold in the wilderness , and among hostile savages , more than half the men perished . * Father Hennepin , a missionary ...
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Página 54 - 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 45 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. 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...
Página 51 - 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.
Página 57 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Página 49 - ... till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities,...
Página 53 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? 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.
Página 58 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Página 75 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 56 - 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?
Página 58 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.