The History of the United States of America, Volume 5Harper & brothers, 1879 - United States |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 37
... whole body of the people . And what object or consideration more pleasing than this can be presented to the human mind ? If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable , it is when it springs not from power or riches , grandeur or ...
... whole body of the people . And what object or consideration more pleasing than this can be presented to the human mind ? If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable , it is when it springs not from power or riches , grandeur or ...
Page 51
... whole case to the minister of justice , in order that the opinion of the government might be taken . Thus the final decision depended , not upon any treaty provis- ions or established rules of international law , nor upon any principles ...
... whole case to the minister of justice , in order that the opinion of the government might be taken . Thus the final decision depended , not upon any treaty provis- ions or established rules of international law , nor upon any principles ...
Page 67
... whole , notwithstanding some soft sentences , was fully responsive to the speech . A mo- tion to strike out a clause of it , declaring the Senate's perfect union with the president , was lost by the deci- sive vote of eleven to sixteen ...
... whole , notwithstanding some soft sentences , was fully responsive to the speech . A mo- tion to strike out a clause of it , declaring the Senate's perfect union with the president , was lost by the deci- sive vote of eleven to sixteen ...
Page 101
... whole let- ter , Pickering could hardly have given without compro- mitting his self - respect , Monroe proceeded to make an un- authorized , irregular , and , in the delicate state in which affairs then stood , a very impudent and ...
... whole let- ter , Pickering could hardly have given without compro- mitting his self - respect , Monroe proceeded to make an un- authorized , irregular , and , in the delicate state in which affairs then stood , a very impudent and ...
Page 102
... whole correspondence , which no purchased tool of France - none but a man blinded by enthusiastic passion , could ever have written , and still less would have published . Nor were such views of the honor and interest of the United ...
... whole correspondence , which no purchased tool of France - none but a man blinded by enthusiastic passion , could ever have written , and still less would have published . Nor were such views of the honor and interest of the United ...
Contents
25 | |
33 | |
43 | |
49 | |
55 | |
62 | |
63 | |
80 | |
86 | |
94 | |
100 | |
107 | |
113 | |
120 | |
125 | |
140 | |
147 | |
155 | |
161 | |
167 | |
193 | |
217 | |
223 | |
229 | |
235 | |
242 | |
250 | |
259 | |
265 | |
272 | |
279 | |
287 | |
293 | |
301 | |
309 | |
313 | |
319 | |
326 | |
332 | |
338 | |
344 | |
350 | |
357 | |
363 | |
375 | |
391 | |
466 | |
473 | |
479 | |
486 | |
492 | |
498 | |
505 | |
511 | |
517 | |
523 | |
532 | |
538 | |
544 | |
550 | |
551 | |
558 | |
564 | |
570 | |
576 | |
582 | |
588 | |
595 | |
598 | |
601 | |
607 | |
613 | |
618 | |
624 | |
639 | |
645 | |
651 | |
657 | |
658 | |
664 | |
673 | |
679 | |
685 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adams Adams's administration affairs already American appointed attempt Aurora authority Bellamy bill Britain British Burr Callender CHAPTER character charge Charles Pinckney claims commerce committee Congress Connecticut Constitution Court declared defense Democratic Directory district election England envoys favor Federal party Federalists foreign France French Directory French government French republic friends frigates Gallatin Gerry Gerry's governor Guadaloupe Hamilton honor hostile House Jay's treaty Jefferson judge jury Kentucky late Legislature letter libels Livingston Louisiana Lyon M'Kean majority Maryland Massachusetts matter ment minister Mississippi Mississippi Territory Monroe nation negotiation Nicholas nomination object opinion opposition paper passed peace Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pinckney political present president president's proposed Randolph reply Republican resolution Secretary Sedition Sedition Law Senate sent session ships slaves South Carolina Spain Spanish Talleyrand territory Thomas Pinckney tion treaty Tripoli United vessels Virginia vote Washington XVII York
Popular passages
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.