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Página 317 - I feel a sense of obligation towards my creditors; who, in case of accident to me by the forced sale of my property, may be in some degree sufferers. I did not think myself at liberty as a man of probity lightly to expose them to this hazard. 4 I am conscious of no ill-will to Col. Burr, distinct from political opposition, which, as I trust, has proceeded from pure and upright motives. Lastly, I shall hazard much and can possibly gain nothing by the issue of the interview.
Página 135 - ... that I would utterly disclaim all competition. Be assured that the Federal party can entertain no wish for such an exchange. As to my friends, they would dishonor my views and insult my feelings, by a suspicion that I would submit to be instrumental in counteracting the wishes and the expectations of the people of the United States. And I now constitute you my proxy to declare these sentiments, if the occasion shall require.
Página 48 - Assembly and a member of the Convention to revise the Constitution of the State, of which convention he was president ; and by that party, in 1800, he was elected vice-president of the United States. relation to the tories by " the violent whigs" or by those whigs who wished " to soften the rigour of the laws against the loyalists.
Página 61 - You, sir, know in a great degree the anti-federal party ; but I fear you do not know them as well as I do. It is a composition, indeed, of very incongruous materials, but all tending to mischief — some of them to the overthrow of the government, by stripping it of its due energies ; others of them, to a revolution after the manner of Bonaparte.
Página 293 - To endeavour to discover the meaningof this declaration, I was obliged to seek in the antecedent part of this letter for the opinion to which it referred as having been already disclosed. I found it in these words : " General Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared, in substance, that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government.
Página 66 - While I must congratulate you, my dear Sir, on the issue of this contest, because it is more honorable, and doubtless more grateful to you than any station within the competence of the chief magistrate, yet for myself, and for the substantial service of the public, I feel most sensibly the loss we sustain of your aid in our new administration.
Página 319 - The ability to be in. future useful," such was his own statement of his motives, " whether in resisting mischief or effecting good in those crises of our public affairs which seem likely to happen, would probably be inseparable from a conformity with prejudice in this particular.
Página 383 - Burr did set on foot a military enterprise, to be carried on against the territory of a foreign prince, viz., the province of Mexico, which was within the territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at peace.
Página 314 - Let Mrs. Hamilton be immediately sent for — let the event be gradually broken to her; but give her hopes.' Looking up we saw his friend Mr. Bayard standing on the wharf in great agitation. He had been told by his servant that Gen.
Página 355 - TO THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED AGAINST HIM BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.