The Statesmen of America in 1846In this book, first published in 1847, the English author Sarah Mytton Maury gives a personal and very positive account of her impressions of the United States upon arriving there in late 1845. Through marriage she gains access to many American statesmen of her day, and the book is dedicated to James Buchanan, later President of the United States. Maury portrays prominent senators, judges, officers, members of the clergy and Presidents John Adams and James K. Polk. Many of the descriptions are interspersed with extracts from speeches and letters by those portrayed. The book gives a great deal of attention to the early nineteenth-century dispute between Britain and the United States about territorial claims in the north-west, the so-called 'Oregon Question'. On this question as in other matters of contention or cultural differences between the two countries, Maury maintains a position of neutrality. |
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In the second place , Texas ought to be annexed to the United States , because
this would greatly increase our internal commerce , extend the market for our
domestic manufactures , and bind the Union together by still stronger bonds ; but
, on ...
In the second place , Texas ought to be annexed to the United States , because
this would greatly increase our internal commerce , extend the market for our
domestic manufactures , and bind the Union together by still stronger bonds ; but
, on ...
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Reciprocal treaties of commerce and navigationtreaties to advance an honest
trade , or sometimes ( I thank Heaven ! ) to abolish an infamous and accursed
traffic — these are the engrossing topics of their protocols and ultimatums . Even
wars ...
Reciprocal treaties of commerce and navigationtreaties to advance an honest
trade , or sometimes ( I thank Heaven ! ) to abolish an infamous and accursed
traffic — these are the engrossing topics of their protocols and ultimatums . Even
wars ...
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But the most signal and most gratifying illustration of the predominating influence
of Commerce in the affairs of the world , is to be drawn not from the consideration
of wars , but of peace . It is a common form of remark , that the protracted and ...
But the most signal and most gratifying illustration of the predominating influence
of Commerce in the affairs of the world , is to be drawn not from the consideration
of wars , but of peace . It is a common form of remark , that the protracted and ...
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It was the war system , entrenching itself , where alone it could be safe , on the
ruins of commerce ! The annihilation of trade , and all its inducements , and all its
incidents — the extermination of the mercantile spirit , root and branch - this was
...
It was the war system , entrenching itself , where alone it could be safe , on the
ruins of commerce ! The annihilation of trade , and all its inducements , and all its
incidents — the extermination of the mercantile spirit , root and branch - this was
...
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In war and peace we are one , in commerce one , because the authority of the
general government reaches to war and peace , and to the regulation of
commerce . I have never seen any more difficulty in erecting lighthouses on the
lakes than ...
In war and peace we are one , in commerce one , because the authority of the
general government reaches to war and peace , and to the regulation of
commerce . I have never seen any more difficulty in erecting lighthouses on the
lakes than ...
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| Titel | The Statesmen of America in 1846 Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive Band 360 von Travels in the Old South Iii |
| Autor/in | Sarah Mytton Maury |
| Verlag | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Jan. 2016 |
| Länge | 548 Seiten |
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