The History of the United States of America, Volume 5Harper & brothers, 1879 - United States |
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... suggested to him the very morning after his inauguration by Ames and Tracy , acting on the part of Hamilton and his special friends . Adams had thought of employing Jefferson on this mission ; but the doubts recurred which Washington ...
... suggested to him the very morning after his inauguration by Ames and Tracy , acting on the part of Hamilton and his special friends . Adams had thought of employing Jefferson on this mission ; but the doubts recurred which Washington ...
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... suggesting that his baggage had not yet arrived from Bordeaux , and desir- ing to be informed whether he might wait for it , the secretary promised that the Directory should be consult- ed The answer he said would probably be given ...
... suggesting that his baggage had not yet arrived from Bordeaux , and desir- ing to be informed whether he might wait for it , the secretary promised that the Directory should be consult- ed The answer he said would probably be given ...
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... suggested the idea of sending this gentleman . We know that the French count upon the support of a party in this country , and so shameless is the faction grown , that positive proof of a devotion to French views is with many no injury ...
... suggested the idea of sending this gentleman . We know that the French count upon the support of a party in this country , and so shameless is the faction grown , that positive proof of a devotion to French views is with many no injury ...
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... suggested by Hamilton , that the strength of his feelings might prevent that pliability to circumstances which is sometimes indispensable in poli- tics . They consented , indeed , to the appointment of ministers , but were of opinion ...
... suggested by Hamilton , that the strength of his feelings might prevent that pliability to circumstances which is sometimes indispensable in poli- tics . They consented , indeed , to the appointment of ministers , but were of opinion ...
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... suggested in the proposed amendment would satisfy the wishes or arrest the measures of France . Still , he did not dissuade from these concessions ; far from it ; he wished them to be offered , and in the way most likely to give weight ...
... suggested in the proposed amendment would satisfy the wishes or arrest the measures of France . Still , he did not dissuade from these concessions ; far from it ; he wished them to be offered , and in the way most likely to give weight ...
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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.