The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1845... |
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... debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me ; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported me ; and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of mani festing ...
... debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me ; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported me ; and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of mani festing ...
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... debt , not only by shunning occasions of expense , but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned , not ungenerously throwing upon pos- terity the burdens which we ourselves ...
... debt , not only by shunning occasions of expense , but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned , not ungenerously throwing upon pos- terity the burdens which we ourselves ...
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... debts contract- ed before the peace , and still remaining due to them from citizens or inhabitants of the United States . Various causes have hitherto prevented any determinations ; but the business is now resumed , and doubtless will ...
... debts contract- ed before the peace , and still remaining due to them from citizens or inhabitants of the United States . Various causes have hitherto prevented any determinations ; but the business is now resumed , and doubtless will ...
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... serious considera- tion those objects , which , by the constitution , are placed particularly within your sphere , the national debts and taxes . Since the decay of the feudal system , by which ADAMS ' FIRST ANNUAL ADDRESS . 45.
... serious considera- tion those objects , which , by the constitution , are placed particularly within your sphere , the national debts and taxes . Since the decay of the feudal system , by which ADAMS ' FIRST ANNUAL ADDRESS . 45.
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... debts contracted have necessa- rily become the subjects of what have been called fund- ing systems . The consequences arising from the contin- ual accumulation of public debts in other countries , ought to admonish us to be careful to ...
... debts contracted have necessa- rily become the subjects of what have been called fund- ing systems . The consequences arising from the contin- ual accumulation of public debts in other countries , ought to admonish us to be careful to ...
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Page 128 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 9 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Page 130 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 27 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that...
Page 25 - 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...
Page 24 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 29 - Hence, frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often,...
Page 47 - Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous...
Page 24 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small, but artful and enterprising minority of the community : and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans, digested by common councils, and modified by mutual...
Page 24 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party (often a small but artful and...