Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, -entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the gen eral ... government in its whole constitutional vigour, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; . . . freedom of religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. First Inaugural Address. March 4, 1801. In the full tide of successful experiment. Ibid. Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations.1 No duty is at the Sme time more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of aracter possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best Inen, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect. of Letter to Elias Shipman and others of New Haven, July 12, 1801. If a due participation of office is a matter of right, are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are fe; by resignation, none.2 ho Ibid. This passage is thus paraphrased by John B. McMaster in his "History of the People of the United States" (ii. 586): "One sentence will undoubtedly be remembered till our republic ceases to exist. 'No duty the Execuad to perform was so trying,' he observed, as to put the right man in the right place.' tive 2 Usually quoted, "Few die and none resign." When a man assumes a public trust, he should con sider himself as public property.1 Life of Jefferson (Rayner), p. 356. Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. Notes on Virginia. Query xviii. Manners. JOSIAH QUINCY, JR. 1744-1775. Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a "halter" intimidate. For, under God, we are determined that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men. Observations on the Boston Port Bill, 1774. CHARLES DIBDIN. 1745-1814. There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? Poor Jack. Captain Wattle and Miss Roe. His form was of the manliest beauty, His heart was kind and soft; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft. For though his body 's under hatches, His soul has gone aloft. Tom Bowling. Ibid. Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly, Though winds blew great guns, still he 'd whistle and sing; Jack loved his friend, and was true to his Molly, And if honour gives greatness, was great as a king. 1 See Appendix, page 859. The Sailor's Consolation. 2 A song with this title, beginning, "One night came on a hurricane," was written by William Pitt, of Malta, who died in 1840. HANNAH MORE. 1745-1833. To those who know thee not, no words can paint! Since trifles make the sum of human things, Small habits well pursued betimes Sensibility. Ibid. Florio. Part i. Ibid. LORD STOWELL. 1745-1836. A dinner lubricates business. Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. p. 67, note. The elegant simplicity of the three per cents.1 Lives of the Lord Chancellors (Campbell). Vol. x. Chap. 212. 2 'T was he that ranged the words at random flung, Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung. EASTWICK: Anvari Suhaili. (Translated from Firdousi.) On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep. What constitutes a state? From the Persian Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. And sovereign law, that state's collected will, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.1 Ode in Imitation of Aicans. Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, JOHN LOGAN. 1748-1788. Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, Oh could I fly, I'd fly with thee! We'd make with joyful wing Companions of the spring. To the Cuckoo. Ibid. 1 Neither walls, theatres, porches, nor senseless equipage, make states, but men who are able to rely upon themselves. - ARISTIDES: Orations (Jebb's edition), vol. i. (trans. by A. W. Austin). By Themistocles alone, or with very few others, does this saying appear to be approved, which, though Alcæus formerly had produced, many after wards claimed: "Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans, make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.". Ibid. vol. ii. 2 See Coke, page 24. EDWIN. JONATHAN M. SEWALL. 1748-1808. No pent-up Utica contracts your powers, Epilogue to Cato.1 JOHN EDWIN. 1749-1790. A man's ingress into the world is naked and bare, where. If we do well here, we shall do well there : I can tell you no more if I preach a whole year.” The Eccentricities of John Edwin (second edition), vol. i. p. 74. JOHN TRUMBULL. 1750-1831. But optics sharp it needs, I ween, То See what is not to be seen. McFingal. Canto i. Line 67. But as some muskets so contrive it An As though there were a tie obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: Line 93. 1 Written for the Bow Street Theatre, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 2 "hese lines Edwin offers as heads of a "sermon." Longfellow places them in the mouth of "The Cobbler of Hagenau," as a "familiar tune." See The Wayside Inn, part ii. The Student's Tale." |