State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency: Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations Since that Time ...Thomas B. Wait, 1819 |
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... desire to procure tranquillity to the frontier - to stop the further effusion of blood - to arrest the progress of ex- pense to forward the prevalent wish of the nation for peace , has led to strenuous efforts , through various chan ...
... desire to procure tranquillity to the frontier - to stop the further effusion of blood - to arrest the progress of ex- pense to forward the prevalent wish of the nation for peace , has led to strenuous efforts , through various chan ...
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... desire to avoid insult , we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace , one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity , it must be known that we are at all times ready for war . The documents which will be ...
... desire to avoid insult , we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace , one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity , it must be known that we are at all times ready for war . The documents which will be ...
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... desires me to signify to you his most particular expectation , that the instruction contained in this letter will be executed with the greatest vigilance , care , activity and impartiality . Omissions will tend to expose the government ...
... desires me to signify to you his most particular expectation , that the instruction contained in this letter will be executed with the greatest vigilance , care , activity and impartiality . Omissions will tend to expose the government ...
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... desires it ardently . The wise arrangements , of which I have now given you an account , are the proof of it . It ... desire we have to strengthen the bonds which unite us to them . It will be a pleasing duty to me , sir , to conform ...
... desires it ardently . The wise arrangements , of which I have now given you an account , are the proof of it . It ... desire we have to strengthen the bonds which unite us to them . It will be a pleasing duty to me , sir , to conform ...
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... desires to know how the money can be replaced , in case the American government should refuse to antici- pate the reimbursements ? OBSERVATIONS . - 1st . On the Consistency . Supposing that the United States should consent to an ...
... desires to know how the money can be replaced , in case the American government should refuse to antici- pate the reimbursements ? OBSERVATIONS . - 1st . On the Consistency . Supposing that the United States should consent to an ...
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Seite 9 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who, inheriting inferior endowments from nature, and unpractised in the duties of civil administration, ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.
Seite 357 - United States : and that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of...
Seite 14 - A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and...
Seite 228 - Properties since the Confiscation. And it is agreed, That all Persons who have any interest in confiscated Lands, either by Debts, Marriage Settlements, or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful Impediment in the Prosecution of their just Rights.
Seite 236 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Seite 215 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and fleets from the said United States, and from every port, place and harbour within the same...
Seite 10 - I have, in obedience to the publick summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Seite 11 - Since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.
Seite 9 - I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Seite 15 - To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways ; by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration, that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people...