Mississippi Question: Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on Certain Resolutions Concerning the Violation of the Right of Deposit in the Island of New OrleansW. Duane, 1803 - 198 Seiten |
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... hand of this calamity .... when they enquire .... What has been done ? What are our hopes ? How long will this obstruction continue ? You answer .... we have provided a remedy , but it is a secret ! We are not allowed to speak of it ...
... hand of this calamity .... when they enquire .... What has been done ? What are our hopes ? How long will this obstruction continue ? You answer .... we have provided a remedy , but it is a secret ! We are not allowed to speak of it ...
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... hands by the authority of the Spanish government , and no other equivalent one assigned , where after more than two thousand miles of boat navigation , they may disembark their produce in order to be shipped for sea , and without this ...
... hands by the authority of the Spanish government , and no other equivalent one assigned , where after more than two thousand miles of boat navigation , they may disembark their produce in order to be shipped for sea , and without this ...
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... hand a paper , signed by a Spanish officer , which , with the indulgence of the chair , I will read to the Senate . " ADVERTISEMENT . " Under date of the 16th inst . ( December , ) the inten- dant general of these provinces tells me ...
... hand a paper , signed by a Spanish officer , which , with the indulgence of the chair , I will read to the Senate . " ADVERTISEMENT . " Under date of the 16th inst . ( December , ) the inten- dant general of these provinces tells me ...
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... hands .... that whenever we may have to negociate on this subject , either in the cabinet or the field , it will not be with his Catholic majesty , but with the first Consul ; not with a king , but with the king of kings ; I answer that ...
... hands .... that whenever we may have to negociate on this subject , either in the cabinet or the field , it will not be with his Catholic majesty , but with the first Consul ; not with a king , but with the king of kings ; I answer that ...
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... hands , it may be made the means of access , and cor- ruption to your national councils , and a key to your treasury . Your western people will see in Bonaparte , at their very doors , a powerful friend or a dangerous enemy .... and ...
... hands , it may be made the means of access , and cor- ruption to your national councils , and a key to your treasury . Your western people will see in Bonaparte , at their very doors , a powerful friend or a dangerous enemy .... and ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 91 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Seite 92 - The Inhabitants of our Western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head. They have seen, in the Negotiation by the Executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the Senate, of the Treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event, throughout the United States, a...
Seite 91 - ... the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest. as one nation. Any other tenure by which the west can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Seite 92 - Northern and Southern; Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
Seite 91 - ... west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home.
Seite 91 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Seite 21 - States, for the space of three years from this time, to deposit their merchandize and effects in the port of New Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and His Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds during that time that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them on another part of the banks of the Mississippi an equivalent...
Seite 91 - The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Seite 92 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.