The History of the United States of America, Volume 5Harper & brothers, 1879 - United States |
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... Position of the United States . Views of Hamilton as to a new Mission .. Views of Wolcott 57 Hamilton's Reply to Wolcott Views of the Opposition ... 59 62 85888 56 Opinions in the Cabinet ... Fifth Congress ... President's Speech.
... Position of the United States . Views of Hamilton as to a new Mission .. Views of Wolcott 57 Hamilton's Reply to Wolcott Views of the Opposition ... 59 62 85888 56 Opinions in the Cabinet ... Fifth Congress ... President's Speech.
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... Position of the Federalists .... 191 193 194 Movements in Philadelphia . 195 Measures for Defense ..... 195 Sprigg's Resolution ; Debate thereon . 196 Communication of the Dispatches .. 202 Effect of their Publication .... 203 Triumph ...
... Position of the Federalists .... 191 193 194 Movements in Philadelphia . 195 Measures for Defense ..... 195 Sprigg's Resolution ; Debate thereon . 196 Communication of the Dispatches .. 202 Effect of their Publication .... 203 Triumph ...
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... Position of Burr Pago 594 His Projects and Movements . 595 Voyage down the Ohio ..... 500 Visits to Nashville and New Orleans ... 597 Interview with Wilkinson at St. Louis ... 599 Return to Philadelphia 599 .... Communications to Eaton ...
... Position of Burr Pago 594 His Projects and Movements . 595 Voyage down the Ohio ..... 500 Visits to Nashville and New Orleans ... 597 Interview with Wilkinson at St. Louis ... 599 Return to Philadelphia 599 .... Communications to Eaton ...
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... position which according to his estimate of Adams's character , could not but be very powerful . 1797 . 66 I sincerely deplore , " adds the same letter , " the situa- tion of our affairs with France . War with them , and consequent ...
... position which according to his estimate of Adams's character , could not but be very powerful . 1797 . 66 I sincerely deplore , " adds the same letter , " the situa- tion of our affairs with France . War with them , and consequent ...
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... position , their various political opinions on unessen- tial points , or their personal attachments ; if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations ; if a love of science and letters , and a wish to patronize every ra ...
... position , their various political opinions on unessen- tial points , or their personal attachments ; if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations ; if a love of science and letters , and a wish to patronize every ra ...
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Page 284 - I will never send another minister to France without assurances that he will be received, respected, and honored as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation.
Page 227 - ... into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Page 450 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 480 - Mexican republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 490 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 167 - But, to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Page 167 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 276 - States are parties, as 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,...
Page 499 - In the salutary operation of this sagacious and benevolent restraint it is believed that the inhabitants of Indiana will at no very distant day find ample remuneration for a temporary privation of labor and of emigration.
Page 276 - ... 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.