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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But he does say that he has receded , notwithstanding his opinion as to title , to
the line of 49o as a compromise , and his reasons for it are given — reasons
quite as conclusive in favor of accepting the offer now as they were for making it
last ...
But he does say that he has receded , notwithstanding his opinion as to title , to
the line of 49o as a compromise , and his reasons for it are given — reasons
quite as conclusive in favor of accepting the offer now as they were for making it
last ...
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endeavours to urge and even strain the reasons that may be alleged in favour of
the claims set up by their Governments , and in the same manner to repel , if not
to deny , all that may be adduced by the other party . Such official papers are in ...
endeavours to urge and even strain the reasons that may be alleged in favour of
the claims set up by their Governments , and in the same manner to repel , if not
to deny , all that may be adduced by the other party . Such official papers are in ...
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... Government ; a system inherently vicious ; they cost England immense sums
annually - more than their commerce is worth ; and since the universal adoption
of Free Trade measures , it is difficult to assign a reason for keeping them .
... Government ; a system inherently vicious ; they cost England immense sums
annually - more than their commerce is worth ; and since the universal adoption
of Free Trade measures , it is difficult to assign a reason for keeping them .
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And this is the real reason of the fact which we witness , that all acts for protection
pass with small minorities , but soon come to be sustained by great and
overwhelming majorities . Those who seek the monopoly endeavour to obtain it
in the ...
And this is the real reason of the fact which we witness , that all acts for protection
pass with small minorities , but soon come to be sustained by great and
overwhelming majorities . Those who seek the monopoly endeavour to obtain it
in the ...
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It is because it is a principle proclaimed by reason , and enforced by every
respectable writer on the law of nations , that retaliation is only justifiable as
calculated to produce effect in the war . Vengeance is a new motive for resorting
to it .
It is because it is a principle proclaimed by reason , and enforced by every
respectable writer on the law of nations , that retaliation is only justifiable as
calculated to produce effect in the war . Vengeance is a new motive for resorting
to it .
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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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