As to the fatal, but necessary operations of war, when we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen ; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations,... Clinton and Post-Cold War Defenseedited by - 1996 - 197 pagesNo preview available - About this book
| Richard Frothingham - 1872 - 676 pages
...we did not lay aside the citizen ; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour when the establishment of American liberty on the...foundations shall enable us to return to our private stations, in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country." 1 There was no incompatibility in the... | |
| William Alexander Graham - 1875 - 180 pages
...citizen." In the General's reply he says : " We shall sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour when the establishment of American liberty on the...foundations, shall enable us to return to our private station in the bosom of a free, peaceful and happy country." A most earnest aspiration for reconcilement... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...we did not lay aside the citizen, and we shall most sincerely rejoice, with you, in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty, on the...foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations, in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country. G. WASHINGTON." ADDRESS OF THE MECHANICS... | |
| Frank Moore - 1876 - 1230 pages
...we did not lay aside the citizen, and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty, on the...foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country."—Pennsylvania Journal, July 6. JCSE... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 652 pages
...and his colo leagues ; but, having once drawn the sword, he postponed the thought of private life to the " establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations." On the next day, the New York congress produced its plan of accommodation. It insisted on the repeal... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 pages
...and his colleagues ; but, having once drawn the sword, he postponed the thought of private life to the " establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations." On the next day, the New York congress produced its plan of accommodation. It insisted on the repeal... | |
| Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1877 - 362 pages
...we did not lay aside the citizen ; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty on the...foundations shall enable us to return to our private stations n the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country." 3 Within a year, we find the Congress... | |
| George Bancroft - 1878 - 648 pages
...and his colleagues ; but, having once drawn the sword, he postponed the thought of private life to the " establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations." On the next day, the New York congress produced its plan of accommodation. It insisted on the repeal... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 pages
...we did not lay aside the citizen .; and wo shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty on the...foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations, in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country." The landing of Governor Tryon took... | |
| George Bancroft - 1884 - 480 pages
...himself and his officers; but, having once drawn the sword, he postponed the thought of private life to the " establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations." The next day the New York congress produced its plan of accommodation. For the colonies it insisted... | |
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