History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Količina 2D. Appleton, 1858 |
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... interest of the United States . You will have since been informed that your information with respect to the Vir- ginia troops being detached to the southward was good . Though they could be ill spared from the army , I thought we should ...
... interest of the United States . You will have since been informed that your information with respect to the Vir- ginia troops being detached to the southward was good . Though they could be ill spared from the army , I thought we should ...
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... interest . our gratitude or fire our emulation . If we do our duty , we may even hope to make the campaign decisive on this continent . But we must do our duty in earnest , or dis- grace and ruin will attend us . I am sincere in ...
... interest . our gratitude or fire our emulation . If we do our duty , we may even hope to make the campaign decisive on this continent . But we must do our duty in earnest , or dis- grace and ruin will attend us . I am sincere in ...
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... interest ; but they have great individual wealth , and while they can pay the interest of what they borrow , they will not want credit , nor will they fear to stretch it . " A na- tional bankruptcy would not necessarily induce them to ...
... interest ; but they have great individual wealth , and while they can pay the interest of what they borrow , they will not want credit , nor will they fear to stretch it . " A na- tional bankruptcy would not necessarily induce them to ...
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... interest . It has been seen , that General Arnold , after the vic- tories on the Hudson , had been treated by Gates with jealous indignity . In the hope that the justice long withheld from him as to his rank would be at last rendered ...
... interest . It has been seen , that General Arnold , after the vic- tories on the Hudson , had been treated by Gates with jealous indignity . In the hope that the justice long withheld from him as to his rank would be at last rendered ...
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... interest our sympathy , and her sufferings were so eloquent , that I wished myself her brother , to have a right to become her defender ; -as it is , I have entreated her to enable me to give her proofs of my friendship . Could I ...
... interest our sympathy , and her sufferings were so eloquent , that I wished myself her brother , to have a right to become her defender ; -as it is , I have entreated her to enable me to give her proofs of my friendship . Could I ...
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Stran 344 - To appoint one of their number to preside; provided, that no person be allowed to serve in the office of President more than one year in any term of three years : To ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for...
Stran 575 - States : regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Stran 523 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and threefifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Stran 44 - To me it will appear miraculous, if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in their present train. If either the temper or the resources of the country will not admit of an alteration, we may expect soon to be reduced to the humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign arms.
Stran 384 - ... represent, also, that should they comply with the request of your late memorial, it would make you more happy and them more respectable ; that, while war should continue, you would follow their standard into the field ; and when it came to an end, you would withdraw into the shade of private life, and give the world another subject of wonder and applause ; an army victorious over its enemies, victorious over itself.
Stran 125 - Regular troops alone," said he, "are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as offence ; and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous.
Stran 383 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division...
Stran 64 - ... or others should reproach him, on the supposition of my having conceived myself obliged, by his instructions, to run the risk I did. I would not for the world leave a sting in his mind that should embitter his future days.
Stran 575 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article — of sending and receiving ambassadors — entering into treaties and alliances: Provided, That no treaty of commerce shall be made, whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation...
Stran 383 - ... awake ; attend to your situation and redress yourselves. If the present moment be lost, every future effort is in vain ; and your threats then, wul be as empty as your entreaties now.