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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... ourselves to certain destruction , and to run into a greater , in order to avoid a lesser evil . 3. Lastly , there should be a real necessity for taking up arms ; that is , we ought not to have recourse to force , but when we can employ ...
... ourselves to certain destruction , and to run into a greater , in order to avoid a lesser evil . 3. Lastly , there should be a real necessity for taking up arms ; that is , we ought not to have recourse to force , but when we can employ ...
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... ourselves . What is their present situation ? or rather let me ask , what are their grievances and complaints , and what have we done to redress them ? The state of that country has been depicted by the se- nator from Pennsylvania ...
... ourselves . What is their present situation ? or rather let me ask , what are their grievances and complaints , and what have we done to redress them ? The state of that country has been depicted by the se- nator from Pennsylvania ...
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... ourselves , with them , to the touchstone of acts . If they believe that we distrust the management of our affairs , they will give us the more credit for sacrificing all personal or party considerations , when the good of our country ...
... ourselves , with them , to the touchstone of acts . If they believe that we distrust the management of our affairs , they will give us the more credit for sacrificing all personal or party considerations , when the good of our country ...
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... - vernment should do us wrong , we do not want the spirit to do ourselves right at all hazards .... but without that injury , there is no spirit to do them wrong . But whenever the gentleman , • ( Mr. Ross ) feels his blood warm , ( 61 )
... - vernment should do us wrong , we do not want the spirit to do ourselves right at all hazards .... but without that injury , there is no spirit to do them wrong . But whenever the gentleman , • ( Mr. Ross ) feels his blood warm , ( 61 )
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... ourselves masters of the soil ; our only object is , to hold them as a pledge for the security of our rights by treaty . Gentlemen had referred to the trans- actions at Nootka Sound , between England and Spain . If he were to quote any ...
... ourselves masters of the soil ; our only object is , to hold them as a pledge for the security of our rights by treaty . Gentlemen had referred to the trans- actions at Nootka Sound , between England and Spain . If he were to quote any ...
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MISSISSIPPI QUES REPORT OF A D William 1760-1835 Duane,2nd Sessio United States Congress (7th Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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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.