Lafayette In New England – Kennebunk ME June 24
But, General, your adopted Country trembles to trust you in the power of tyrants; would be to Heaven you could tarry among us till the summons comes to call you to the realms of celestial Liberty! God grant that your life may be prolonged to the very verge of sublunary enjoymnent; that those who survive may deposit your remains in the same soil with Washington, Greene, Lincoln, Knox, and the whole radiant galaxy of your compatriots, whose sacred memory, like your own can never perish. This, sir, is the united sentiment of every one who so cordially echoes the universal paen, “Welcome, Lafayette.”
Lafayette In New England – Boston MA June 20
The fervent prayer of each and all of us is, that you, who have achieved so much in this behalf, may long live to enjoy the contemplation of that happiness resulting from the joint efforts of yourself and our fathers, and that on your return to your native land you may enjoy in the bosom of your family that serenity and peace which so largely contributed to secure for a nation
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.