THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Volume 12American stationers' Company; J. B. Russell, 1837 - United States |
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... tion , that the measures of the last session have been as satisfactory to your constituents , as the novelty and difficulty of the work allowed you to hope . Still fur- ther to realize their expectations , and to secure the blessings ...
... tion , that the measures of the last session have been as satisfactory to your constituents , as the novelty and difficulty of the work allowed you to hope . Still fur- ther to realize their expectations , and to secure the blessings ...
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... tion , and necessary to convey to you that information of the state of the Union , which it is my duty to afford . The welfare of our country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed ; and I shall derive ...
... tion , and necessary to convey to you that information of the state of the Union , which it is my duty to afford . The welfare of our country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed ; and I shall derive ...
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... tion . I have full confidence , that your deliberations will continue to be directed by an enlightened and virtu- ous zeal for the happiness of our country . GEORGE WASHINGTON . SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS , DECEMBER 8TH , 1790 ...
... tion . I have full confidence , that your deliberations will continue to be directed by an enlightened and virtu- ous zeal for the happiness of our country . GEORGE WASHINGTON . SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS , DECEMBER 8TH , 1790 ...
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... tion were a commission of three per cent . The first instalment of the loan of two millions of dollars from the bank of the United States has been paid , as was directed by law . For the second , it is necessary that provision should be ...
... tion were a commission of three per cent . The first instalment of the loan of two millions of dollars from the bank of the United States has been paid , as was directed by law . For the second , it is necessary that provision should be ...
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... tion of the law for opening a trade with the Indians , will likewise be presented for the information of Con- gress . Temperate discussion of the important subjects , which may arise in the course of the session , and mutual forbearance ...
... tion of the law for opening a trade with the Indians , will likewise be presented for the information of Con- gress . Temperate discussion of the important subjects , which may arise in the course of the session , and mutual forbearance ...
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Page 226 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its...
Page 226 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way, which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 224 - I have already intimated to you the danger of Parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on Geographical discriminations. — Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the Spirit of Party, generally.
Page 222 - To the efficacy and permanency of Your Union, a Government for the whole is indispensable.
Page 231 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 223 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Page 3 - Hand which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments...
Page 1 - ... flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time. On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust...
Page 133 - In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Page 228 - 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.