The History of the United States of America, Volume 5Harper & brothers, 1879 - United States |
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... published Vindication ... William Cobbett ; Porcupine's Gazette .... Singular Experiment upon Washington .... 100 101 102 103 104 113 118 .... 120 121 Pagc Jefferson's real Feelings towards Washington ... 125 Envoys to vi CONTENTS .
... published Vindication ... William Cobbett ; Porcupine's Gazette .... Singular Experiment upon Washington .... 100 101 102 103 104 113 118 .... 120 121 Pagc Jefferson's real Feelings towards Washington ... 125 Envoys to vi CONTENTS .
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... published in Jefferson's Correspondence . The letter to Adams , dated the day after that to Rutledge Dec 28 . already quoted , and containing a repetition of many of the same sentiments , makes the following side - thrust at Hamilton ...
... published in Jefferson's Correspondence . The letter to Adams , dated the day after that to Rutledge Dec 28 . already quoted , and containing a repetition of many of the same sentiments , makes the following side - thrust at Hamilton ...
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... published as his , the Aurora , no doubt with French assistance , gave a new specimen of its spite , by reproducing the old calumny of Washington's " assassin- ation " of Jumonville at the commencement of the war of 1753. Shortly after ...
... published as his , the Aurora , no doubt with French assistance , gave a new specimen of its spite , by reproducing the old calumny of Washington's " assassin- ation " of Jumonville at the commencement of the war of 1753. Shortly after ...
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... published an Italian translation in a newspaper at Florence , whence the Moniteur , the official paper of the French government , had given a version in French , as proof that the views of the Directory were shared by some of the most ...
... published an Italian translation in a newspaper at Florence , whence the Moniteur , the official paper of the French government , had given a version in French , as proof that the views of the Directory were shared by some of the most ...
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... published . Nor were such views of the honor and interest of the United States , strange as they may seem at this day , at all confined to Monroe . They were shared , to a greater or . less extent , by most of the leaders , and by the ...
... published . Nor were such views of the honor and interest of the United States , strange as they may seem at this day , at all confined to Monroe . They were shared , to a greater or . less extent , by most of the leaders , and by the ...
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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.