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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
one of his chief witnesses, very emphatically denied the statement, that Lee had done good service on the field after meeting with Washington. Remarks of John Brooks on the battle of Monmouth; written down by J. Welles. Compare Autograph Memoirs of Lafayette. Steuben: I found General Lee on horseback before a house. Doctor Machenry: The General [Lee] was on horseback, observing to a number of gentlemen who were standing around, that it was mere folly to make attempts against the enemy. Hamilton: I heard no measures directed, nor saw any taken by him [Lee], &c. The words of Lee are clear; he says he regarded himself as reduced to a private capacity. Trial of Lee. ordered him to the rear. Lee gladly left the field, believing that the Americans would be utterly Chap. IV.} 1778. June 28. beaten. Even Laurens hoped for no more than an orderly retreat, and Hamilton's thought was to die on the spot. But Washington's self-possession, his inspiring mien, his exposure of himself to ev
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
danger to the settlements in the Illinois, Hamilton to Germain, 14 July, 1777, and Ibid., 27 Julyhe central point of British authority. There Hamilton, the lieutenant-governor, summoned several nan to the Spanish governor, 13 Jan., 1779. Hamilton was methodical in his use of Indians. He gaveed to destroy the few rebels in Illinois. Hamilton to the commandant at Natchez, 13 Jan., 1779. and gave information that Chap. VIII.} 1779. Hamilton had weakened himself by sending out hordes ofand his troop never flagged. All this time Hamilton was planning murderous expeditions. He wrote, on the forenoon of the twenty- 24. fourth, Hamilton asked for a parley. At first Clark demanded they would sooner perish to the last man; Hamilton to Captain Lemoult, 28 Feb., 1779. and offereand, before the twenty-fourth came to an end, Hamilton and his garrison, hopeless of succor and destovisions, surrendered as prisoners of war. Hamilton to Captain Lemoult, 28 Feb., 1779. A very[6 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
of three hundred men whom Lincoln had detached, and who had marched forty miles a day. While the British crossed the Ashley, Pulaski and a corps were ferried over the Cooper into Charleston. The besiegers and the besieged were nearly equal in numbers; the issue of the campaign might depend on the slaves. No sooner was the danger of South Carolina known in the camp of Washington, than young Laurens was impatient to fly to his native state, and levy and command a regiment of blacks. Alexander Hamilton recommended the project to the president of congress in these words: The negroes will make very excellent soldiers. This project will have to combat prejudice and self-interest. Contempt for the blacks makes us fancy many things that are founded neither in reason nor experience. Their natural faculties are as good as ours. Give them their freedom with their muskets: this will secure their fidelity, animate their courage, and have a good influence upon those who remain, by opening a
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
ay from headquarters near Tappan to Hartford, where, attended by Lafayette and Hamilton, he was to hold his first interview with General Rochambeau. He was joined onred him to answer no interrogatory which could even embarrass his feelings. Hamilton, i. 178. He acknowledged their generosity in the strongest terms of manly gratejudice against the Americans, his present experience must obliterate them. Hamilton, i. 178. On the thirtieth the sentence was approved by Washington, and ordy other officer in the American army were moved to the deepest compassion; and Hamilton, who has left his opinion that no one ever suffered death with more justice anf Andreas Affair in Works, i. 172-182. This last is particularly valuable, as Hamilton had the best opportunities to be well informed; and in his narrative, if there errors of memory and fable that they offer no sure foothold. The letter of Hamilton to Miss Schuyler, as repeatedly printed with the date of 2 Oct., contains inte
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 19: (search)
rds of the convention sunk deeply into the mind of Hamilton, who for three and a half years had been Washingtostimony that has ever been borne to the ability of Hamilton is by Washington, there never fell from Hamilton'sive assembly, the palm must be given to Pitt, whom Hamilton excelled in vigor, consistency, and versatility. There were points of analogy between Hamilton and Fox. Both were of warm and passionate natures; but HamiltonHamilton became Chap. XIX.} 1780. the father of a family, while Fox wasted life as a libertine. It was remarkable ofof expression. On the third of September, 1780, Hamilton took Sept. 3. the field as a maker of a national on feeble and precarious. The second step which Hamilton recommended was the appointment of great officers n a bank of the United States. The advice which Hamilton offered from his tent in the midst of an unpaid, hgovernment of France in the most striking light. Hamilton, Chap. XIX.} 1781. Jan. the fittest man for the o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 22: (search)
e but waste the country. The power of government was far less than in the north. The inhabitants knew little of control. Coming from all quarters of the globe, they were still from their early education so various in opinions and habits, that there was a want of national character and sentiment. Yet several corps of partisans were bold and daring, and there was a great spirit of enterprise among the black people who came out as volunteers. General Washington's influence, so he wrote to Hamilton, will do more than all the assemblies upon the continent. I always thought him exceedingly popular; but in many places he is little less than adored, and universally admired. From being the friend of the general I found myself exceedingly well received. Hamilton's Works, i. 204. Confirmed in his detached command, Morgan with his small force crossed the Catawba just below the mouth of the little Catawba, and passing Broad river, on the twenty-fifth of December encamped on the 25. n
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
he confederation; the conduct of foreign affairs was intrusted to Robert Livingston of New York. Outside of congress, Hamilton persevered in recommending an efficient government. His views were so identical with those of Robert Morris, that it isen, that on the left by thrice as many. The storming of the former fell to the Americans under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton; that of the latter to the French, of whom four hundred grenadiers and yagers of the regiments of Gatinois andm de Deux Ponts and to Baron de l'estrade. At the concerted signal of six shells consecutively fired, the corps under Hamilton advanced in two columns without firing a gun,—the right composed of his own battalion, led by Major Fish, and of another of the enemy did not exceed eight. The conduct of the affair brought conspicuous honor to the talents and gallantry of Hamilton. Precisely as the signal was given, the French on the left, in like manner, began their march in the deepest silence.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 28: (search)
uthority by a vote of congress to appoint receivers of taxes, and for that office in New York he selected its most gifted statesman. From the siege of Yorktown, Hamilton had repaired to Albany, where he entered upon the study of the law that in summer he might be received as attorney, and in autumn as counsellor, ready meantime itures to ratify their determinations. These resolutions, proposed by Schuyler in the senate, were carried unanimously in both branches of the legislature; and Hamilton, who had drafted them, was elected almost without opposition one of the delegates of New York to congress. Robert Morris, who saw the transcendent importance of Hamilton of New York thus became the colleague of Madison of Virginia. The state papers which they two prepared were equal to the best in Europe of that time. Hamilton was excelled by Madison in wisdom, large, sound, roundabout sense and perception of what the country would grant; and in his turn surpassed his rival in versatil
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], "the law and the Testimony." (search)
may be exerted with an infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual State." --Hamilton, page 106, Federalist "In a confederacy the people, without exaggeration, may be said to be entirely the masters ofmeasures against the States, but no such powers were authorized. Not a single member of the Convention advocated force. Hamilton, the strong government man, rejected and denounced resorting to force. Mr. Madison said "the more he reflected on the ues formed on the supposed practicability of using force against the States would prove visionary and fallacious." Hamilton again said: "Force, by which may be understood a coercion of laws or a coercion arms, it amounts to a war between the pa These are some of the proceedings of the Convention which framed the Constitution, and you have before you the views of Hamilton and Madison, who helped to frame it, as to the rights of the States, and the powers of the Federal Government as to coer
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The worthy daughter of a Hero. (search)
The right of secession — the power of coercion in the Federal Government. We invoke earnestly the attention of our readers to a communication on these subjects which we transfer to our columns from the Baltimore Sun. Let them read carefully the irresistible authorities there collected upon the subject. Let them see how all parties, in the formation of the Constitution, including Alexander Hamilton, arrayed themselves against those despotic and monstrous doctrines and pretensions now put forth by the Republicans.
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