History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpkins, 1840 - 480 Seiten |
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... orders , prohibiting the im- portation of grain and bread stuffs , as well ... order similar to that of the British above mentioned , in which it was ... council were highly injurious to the commerce of the United States , and the ...
... orders , prohibiting the im- portation of grain and bread stuffs , as well ... order similar to that of the British above mentioned , in which it was ... council were highly injurious to the commerce of the United States , and the ...
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... Orders in Council . Difficulty of avoiding the Displeasure of those Nations . Com- plaints against the President , for Partiality to France . * MR . JEFFERSON was re - elected President , in March , 1805 , for another term of four years ...
... Orders in Council . Difficulty of avoiding the Displeasure of those Nations . Com- plaints against the President , for Partiality to France . * MR . JEFFERSON was re - elected President , in March , 1805 , for another term of four years ...
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... order of the British govern- ment , of which the President had complained . It declared , " the British islands in a ... council were issued , ( or received , ) professedly in retaliation of the French decrees . Similar orders , however ...
... order of the British govern- ment , of which the President had complained . It declared , " the British islands in a ... council were issued , ( or received , ) professedly in retaliation of the French decrees . Similar orders , however ...
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... orders in council , would be to aid her in the war against France , and would give the Emperor just ground to declare war on us . " The spirit of the Emperor was so assuming and despotic , at this period , that he is reported to have ...
... orders in council , would be to aid her in the war against France , and would give the Emperor just ground to declare war on us . " The spirit of the Emperor was so assuming and despotic , at this period , that he is reported to have ...
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... orders in council , of November , 1807 ; which , though just cause of complaint by the federal government , were really retaliatory of the previous French deerees , and not more arbitrary and dangerous . No good apology can be offered ...
... orders in council , of November , 1807 ; which , though just cause of complaint by the federal government , were really retaliatory of the previous French deerees , and not more arbitrary and dangerous . No good apology can be offered ...
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Seite 452 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's government; made for the people; made by the people: and answerable to the people.
Seite 450 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Seite 16 - In tendering this ho.mage to the great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large, less than either.
Seite 465 - ... that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Seite 468 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 87 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Seite 92 - Such is the amiable and interesting system of government (and such are some of the abuses to which it may be exposed) which the people of America have exhibited to the admiration and anxiety of the wise and virtuous of all nations for eight years under the administration of a citizen who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people inspired with the same virtues and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty to...
Seite 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Seite 15 - On the one hand, 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 92 - This example has been recommended to the imitation of his successors, by both Houses of Congress, and by the voice of the Legislatures and the people, throughout the nation. On this subject it might become me better to be silent, or to speak with diffidence; but as something may be expected, the occasion...