... this may be 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,... Works - Page 13by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
| Edmund Ollier - 1880 - 658 pages
...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 importr ance, and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the... | |
| Charles Gayarré - 1882 - 544 pages
...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...importance, and to serve their own interested purposes." On the disbanding of the army, which soon followed the conclusion of the treaty of peace, Washington... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1886 - 78 pages
...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...importance, and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the states shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall;... | |
| United States - 1886 - 190 pages
...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 important and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the States... | |
| Paul Leicester Ford - United States - 1889 - 214 pages
...relaxing the powers of the nation, annihilating the cement of the confederation, and exposing us to become the sport of European politics, which may play one...importance, and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the states shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889 - 420 pages
...devoted to urging the necessity of a better central government. " With this conviction," he said, " of the importance of the present crisis, silence in me would be a crime. I will therefore speak to your Excellency the language of freedom and of sincerity without disguise. . . . There are four... | |
| George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...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...importance, and to serve their own interested purposes. According to the system of policy the States shall adopt, this moment, they will stand or fall; and... | |
| George Prentiss Butler - English language - 1894 - 284 pages
...comma is sufficient. Ex. As the time drew near for action, they prepared themselves as best they could. With this conviction of the importance of the present crisis, silence in me would be a crime. When I shall be called upon, I shall be found ready. If you do not believe me, ask others. NOTE. —... | |
| george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...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...importance, and to serve their own interested purposes. For, according to the system of policy the States shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall;... | |
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