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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... less to fear here than you there , without them ; and it appeared , upon the whole , advisable to throw in the weight of Virginia into the defence of our southern extremity . " How anxiously aid from Virginia was desired , and how inert ...
... less to fear here than you there , without them ; and it appeared , upon the whole , advisable to throw in the weight of Virginia into the defence of our southern extremity . " How anxiously aid from Virginia was desired , and how inert ...
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... less than twenty thousand continental efficient troops . The whole number of battalions from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania inclusive , if complete would not amount to this force . The total would be twenty- three thousand one hundred ...
... less than twenty thousand continental efficient troops . The whole number of battalions from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania inclusive , if complete would not amount to this force . The total would be twenty- three thousand one hundred ...
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... less convincing , the fact speaks for itself . Her progress in the course of the last year is an incontestable truth . " It is true , France in a manner created a fleet in a very short space , and this may mislead us in the ET . 23 ...
... less convincing , the fact speaks for itself . Her progress in the course of the last year is an incontestable truth . " It is true , France in a manner created a fleet in a very short space , and this may mislead us in the ET . 23 ...
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... less than four thousand men . Hamilton wrote to Steuben : " I am commanded by the general to inform you , that the enemy are out in con- siderable force ; and by the last advices were advancing this way . We are going to meet them ...
... less than four thousand men . Hamilton wrote to Steuben : " I am commanded by the general to inform you , that the enemy are out in con- siderable force ; and by the last advices were advancing this way . We are going to meet them ...
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... less than were to be wished for in an undertak- ing of so arduous and important a nature . So much is at stake so much to be hoped - so much to be lost - that we shall be inexcusable if we do not employ all our zeal and all our exertion ...
... less than were to be wished for in an undertak- ing of so arduous and important a nature . So much is at stake so much to be hoped - so much to be lost - that we shall be inexcusable if we do not employ all our zeal and all our exertion ...
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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.