1789–1825
Manual of Independence
Toasts1. The day we celebrate . . . May it never return unless to find us independent. 2. The memory of Gen. Washington & May his spirit be upon us
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Toasts1. The day we celebrate . . . May it never return unless to find us independent. 2. The memory of Gen. Washington & May his spirit be upon us
The proceedings of the present Congress, the debates, the votes and the acts, are calculated to excite nothing but surprise, indignation or ridicule. On the question of foreign relations, I
Fellow Citizens, for more than two years has your flag been struck on the ocean whenever it has been met with by the flag of France; your vessels have been
We say and we once more repeat it, that the Chesapeake, being a national ship, was not liable to be searched for any purpose, nor to have any of her
In a war with England we shall need numerous armies and ample treasuries for their support. The war-hounds that are howling for war through the continent are not to be
Look for yourselves, good people all — The administration tell me that the object for which they are going to war with Great Britain, is to secure our commercial rights;
“Tricks upon Travellers,” or “More Ways than one to kill a Cat.” — Old saws. We are certainly now to have a war, for Congress have voted to have an