A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 Volume 1
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 Volume 1

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 Volume 1


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...President of the Senate pro tempore. December 23, 1799. To which the President replied as follows: United States, December 23, 1799. Gentlemen of the Senate: I receive with the most respectful and affectionate sentiments in this impressive address the obliging expressions of your regard for the loss our country has sustained in the death of her most esteemed, beloved, and admired citizen. In the multitude of my thoughts and recollections on this melancholy event you will permit me only to say that I have seen him in the days of adversity, in some of the scenes of his deepest distress and most trying perplexities; I have also attended him in his highest elevation and most prosperous felicity, with uniform admiration of his wisdom, moderation, and constancy. Among all our original associates in that memorable league of the continent in 1774, which first expressed the sovereign will of a free nation in America, he was the only one remaining in the General Government. Although with a constitution more enfeebled than his at an age when he thought it necessary to prepare for retirement, I feel myself alone bereaved of my last brother; yet I derive a strong consolation from the unanimous disposition which appears in all ages and classes to mingle their sorrows with mine on this common calamity to the world. The life of our Washington can not suffer by comparison with those of other countries who have been most celebrated and exalted by fame. The attributes and decorations of royalty could have only served to eclipse the majesty of those virtues which made him, from being a modest citizen, a more resplendent luminary. Misfortune, had he lived, could hereafter have sullied his glory only with those superficial minds who, believing that characters and...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151109170
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151109177
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 463 gr

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