A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen of America |
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THE following work contains sketches of the lives and characters of many of
those deceased heroes and statesmen , distinguished in the cabinet or the field ,
during the great and memorable contest which gave freedom and independence
to ...
THE following work contains sketches of the lives and characters of many of
those deceased heroes and statesmen , distinguished in the cabinet or the field ,
during the great and memorable contest which gave freedom and independence
to ...
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He retired poor from an office , which , without peculation or any act that would
have amounted to a breach of trust , might have rendered him as distinguished
for wealth , as he was for the higher riches of his mind . His faults ; for being
human ...
He retired poor from an office , which , without peculation or any act that would
have amounted to a breach of trust , might have rendered him as distinguished
for wealth , as he was for the higher riches of his mind . His faults ; for being
human ...
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occurred , particularly a large armed insurrection in the city of Philadelphia ,
which he suppressed , and rescued a number of distinguished citizens from the
most imminent danger of their lives at the risk of his own , for which he received a
vote ...
occurred , particularly a large armed insurrection in the city of Philadelphia ,
which he suppressed , and rescued a number of distinguished citizens from the
most imminent danger of their lives at the risk of his own , for which he received a
vote ...
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His grandfather , who was distinguished for his attachment to the principles of
liberty , bore a captain ' s commission under ... in the year 1773 ; and from his first
appearance in public life , distinguished himself as a firm and decided patriot .
His grandfather , who was distinguished for his attachment to the principles of
liberty , bore a captain ' s commission under ... in the year 1773 ; and from his first
appearance in public life , distinguished himself as a firm and decided patriot .
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... general Wayne was distinguished for supporting the most energetic and
decisive measures . In the one previous to the battle of Monmouth , he and
general Cadwalader were the only officers decidedly in favour of attacking the
British army .
... general Wayne was distinguished for supporting the most energetic and
decisive measures . In the one previous to the battle of Monmouth , he and
general Cadwalader were the only officers decidedly in favour of attacking the
British army .
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344 ページ - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world — so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. 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...
345 ページ - 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.
331 ページ - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
344 ページ - ... with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to...
343 ページ - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
332 ページ - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. 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.
339 ページ - The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice?
337 ページ - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
330 ページ - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
340 ページ - ... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt not only by shunning occasions of expense but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.