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... Session of the Fifth Congress .. 174 Accounts from France .... 175 President's Message 175 Answer of the House ; Lyon .. 177 Quaker Anti - slavery Petition 177 Debate thereon ... . 178 Mississippi Territory - Slavery therein ... ... 181 ...
... Session of the Fifth Congress .. 174 Accounts from France .... 175 President's Message 175 Answer of the House ; Lyon .. 177 Quaker Anti - slavery Petition 177 Debate thereon ... . 178 Mississippi Territory - Slavery therein ... ... 181 ...
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... KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA . THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS . NEW MISSION TO FRANCE . Washington Commander - in - Chief ...... Subordinate Army Appointments . 240 240 Page Adams and his Cabinet .... 241 Rank of the CONTENTS . ix.
... KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA . THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS . NEW MISSION TO FRANCE . Washington Commander - in - Chief ...... Subordinate Army Appointments . 240 240 Page Adams and his Cabinet .... 241 Rank of the CONTENTS . ix.
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... Session of the Fifth Congress ; President's Speech . 277 Secret History of this Speech .. ... 279 Answer thereto ; Logan Act .. 280 Blount's Impeachment .. 281 Documents laid before Congress .. 282 Bills passed ; Navy and Army ... 283 ...
... Session of the Fifth Congress ; President's Speech . 277 Secret History of this Speech .. ... 279 Answer thereto ; Logan Act .. 280 Blount's Impeachment .. 281 Documents laid before Congress .. 282 Bills passed ; Navy and Army ... 283 ...
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... SESSION OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS . JUDICIARY ACT . PROJECT FOR MAKING BURR PRES- IDENT . DOWNFALL OF THE FEDERAL PARTY . Politics of Pennsylvania ; Governor M'Kean ... Massachusetts Election .... New York Election ; Governor Jay .. 360 362 ...
... SESSION OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS . JUDICIARY ACT . PROJECT FOR MAKING BURR PRES- IDENT . DOWNFALL OF THE FEDERAL PARTY . Politics of Pennsylvania ; Governor M'Kean ... Massachusetts Election .... New York Election ; Governor Jay .. 360 362 ...
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... Session of the Sixth Congress - President's Speech 395 Resignation of Wolcott ; State of the Treasury . 396 Poverty of Wolcott and Pickering .. 396 Monument to Washington ... 397 Modified Ratification of the French Convention .. 398 ...
... Session of the Sixth Congress - President's Speech 395 Resignation of Wolcott ; State of the Treasury . 396 Poverty of Wolcott and Pickering .. 396 Monument to Washington ... 397 Modified Ratification of the French Convention .. 398 ...
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Page 252 - 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 418 - 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 448 - 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 135 - 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 135 - 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 37 - If national pride is ever justifiable, or excusable, it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information and benevolence.
Page 288 - Government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing [short] of despotism — since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who"' -'formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is...
Page 38 - ... who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people, inspired with the same virtues, and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty, to independence and peace, to increasing wealth and unexampled prosperity, has merited the gratitude of his fellowcitizens, commanded the highest praises of foreign nations, and secured immortal glory with posterity.
Page 467 - 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 418 - It completely reverses all the political relations of the United States, and will form a new epoch in our political course.