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" Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your National capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation... "
Addresses of the Successive Presidents to Both Houses of Congress, at the ... - Page vii
by United States. President - 1805 - 228 pages
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of ...

Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1850 - 670 pages
...of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must...possess, are the work of joint councils, and joint efforts—of common dangers, suffermgs, and successes." ••i•••« To the efficacy and permanency...
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An Essay on Elocution: with Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must...common cause, fought and triumphed together : the independen&e and liberty you. possess, are the work of joint councils, and joint efforts, of common...
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Journal

Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Legislative journals - 1850 - 900 pages
...belongs to you in your national capacity, must always cxali the just pride of patriotism more than fny appellation derived from local discriminations. With...cause, fought and triumphed together; the independence nnd liberty you possess are the work of joint councils, and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings...
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The Constitution Expounded, Respecting Its Bearing on the Subject of Slavery ...

Slavery - 1850 - 26 pages
...which constitutes you one People, is also now dear to me," &c.; and further, u the name of AMERICAN which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must...patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriinations." The stand taken by the Siaveocrats of 1850, as to the Constitution being a a compact...
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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations

Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must...any appellation derived from local discriminations. President GEORGE WASHINGTON, farewell address, September 19, 1796.— The Writings of George Washington,...
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Cultures of United States Imperialism

Amy Kaplan, Donald E. Pease - History - 1993 - 686 pages
...in his Farewell Address proclaimed: "The name of American must always exalt [your] just pride . . . more than any appellation derived from local discriminations....the same Religion, Manners, Habits, and political principle."24 For Americo Paredes, however, "the name of American" was an interpretative fiction. Doing...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of America, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must...independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings and successes. But these considerations,...
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Famous Americans: 22 Short Plays for the Classroom

Liza Schafer - Education - 1994 - 204 pages
...different, but not so different that you cannot work out your problems. You have fought for a common cause and triumphed together. The independence and liberty you possess are the work of all of you; of your common dangers, sufferings and successes. Teaching Guide George Washington was...
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Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form

Priscilla Wald - History - 1995 - 418 pages
...American, which belong[ed] to [them], in [their] national capacity," was rooted in cultural uniformity: "With slight shades of difference, you have the same Religion, Manners, Habits & Political Principles" (GWFA, 142, 143). Whatever fictions lent credibility to Washington's claim,...
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A Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the ...

Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 244 pages
...Americans' sympathies would naturally be directed toward their common country: "The name AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must...Religion, Manners, Habits and political Principles." Having fought successfully together in the Revolution and having established their liberties by joint...
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