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" ... the ill-fated moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing us to become the sport of European politics, which may play one State against another, to prevent their growing importance, and to... "
The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ... - Page 442
by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835
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Chronicle of the conquest of Granada

Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...or ruin their national character for ever. This is the favourable moment to give such a tone to the federal government as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution ; or this may be the moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing...
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Thrilling Incidents in American History: Being a Selection of the Most ...

John Warner Barber - United States - 1860 - 478 pages
...or ruin their national character for ever; this is the favourable moment to give such a tone to the Federal Government, as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution ; or this may be the i li filled moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation,...
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The North-western Monthly: A Magazine Devoted to University ..., Volume 8

Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...establish or ruin their national character forever; this Is the favorable moment to give such a tone to our federal government as will enable it to answer the...politics, which may play one State against another . . . For, according to the system of policy the States shall adopt at this moment, they will stand...
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Works, Volume 39

Washington Irving - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...establish or ruin their national character forever. This is the favorable moment to give such a tone to the federal government, as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution ; or this may be the moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing...
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Works of Washington Irving: Washington

Washington Irving - 1869 - 596 pages
...the federal government, as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution ; or this may be the moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS. 457 confederation, and exposing us to become the sport of European politics...
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Address of Nathaniel Burt: February 12, 1875, on the Washington Mansion in ...

Nathaniel Burt - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1875 - 40 pages
...establish or ruin their character forever. This is the favorable moment to give such a tone to the federal government as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution; or this may be the moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing...
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Cassell's History of the United States, Volume 2

Edmund Ollier - 1880 - 658 pages
...existing generation. " This," said Washington, " is the favourable moment to give such a tone to our Federal Government as will enable it to answer the...one State against another, to prevent their growing importr ance, and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the...
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American Patriotism: Speeches, Letters, and Other Papers which Illustrate ...

Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...establish or ruin their national character forever: this is the favorable moment to give such r tone to the federal government, as will enable it to answer the ends of its irstitution: or, this may be the ill-fated moment for relaxing the powers of the union, annihilating...
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History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - Constitutional history - 1882 - 556 pages
...is ours, if we seize the occasion and make it our own. This is the moment to give such a tone to our federal government as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution. According to the system of policy the states shall adopt at this moment, it is to be decided whether...
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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the ..., Volume 6

George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 610 pages
...is ours if we seize the occasion and make it our own. This is the moment to give such a tone to our federal government as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution. According to the system of policy the states shall adopt at this moment, it is to be decided whether...
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