Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution ... Also Embracing the Declaration of Independence and Signers' Names; the Constitution of the United States and Amendments; Together with the Inaugural, First Annual and Farewell Addresses of Washington ...Phillips & Sampson, 1848 - 370 頁 |
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... duty of training the militia . The boundaries of the British and French pos- sessions in America were at that time subjects of dispute . In 1753 Washington was sent on a mission to the French settlement on the Ohio , which he executed ...
... duty of training the militia . The boundaries of the British and French pos- sessions in America were at that time subjects of dispute . In 1753 Washington was sent on a mission to the French settlement on the Ohio , which he executed ...
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... duties as a member of the Colonial Assembly and agricultural pursuits , in which he took great interest . The disputes which preceded the Re- volution again drew him from private life . He maintained that the Americans were entitled to ...
... duties as a member of the Colonial Assembly and agricultural pursuits , in which he took great interest . The disputes which preceded the Re- volution again drew him from private life . He maintained that the Americans were entitled to ...
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... duty of Washington was too plain to be mistaken , and the obloquy he incurred in its performance was undeserved . Washington had throughout contended that the country could only be delivered by raising a permanent army , and ...
... duty of Washington was too plain to be mistaken , and the obloquy he incurred in its performance was undeserved . Washington had throughout contended that the country could only be delivered by raising a permanent army , and ...
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... duty , Wash- ington retired to private life until March , 1789 , when he was elected President of the United States . He had used no exertion to obtain this distinction , which his impaired health and love of retirement rendered ...
... duty , Wash- ington retired to private life until March , 1789 , when he was elected President of the United States . He had used no exertion to obtain this distinction , which his impaired health and love of retirement rendered ...
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... duties incumbent upon members of the Congress . He declared that he would receive no remune- ration for his services , and required that a stated sum should be allowed for defraying the expenses of his office . The President of the ...
... duties incumbent upon members of the Congress . He declared that he would receive no remune- ration for his services , and required that a stated sum should be allowed for defraying the expenses of his office . The President of the ...
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第 340 頁 - 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.
第 293 頁 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
第 293 頁 - Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore in the absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted...
第 302 頁 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
第 335 頁 - It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
第 293 頁 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
第 322 頁 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...
第 337 頁 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
第 348 頁 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, [*] I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a Neutral position. — Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.
第 293 頁 - No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.