The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Comprising His Correspondence, and His Political and Official Writings, Exclusive of the Federalist, Civil and Military. Published from the Original Manuscripts Deposited in the Department of State, by Order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, Volume 7C. S. Francis, 1851 - Finance |
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... tion with the Secretary of State , and the influence of that con- nection upon your press . It is a fact which you have acknowledged , that you receive a regular salary from the Secretary of State , as clerk in his de- partment for ...
... tion with the Secretary of State , and the influence of that con- nection upon your press . It is a fact which you have acknowledged , that you receive a regular salary from the Secretary of State , as clerk in his de- partment for ...
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... tion of public debt , are unwilling to concede to it any kind of utility , who can discover no good to alleviate the ill with which they suppose it pregnant , who cannot be persuaded that it ought in any sense to be viewed as an ...
... tion of public debt , are unwilling to concede to it any kind of utility , who can discover no good to alleviate the ill with which they suppose it pregnant , who cannot be persuaded that it ought in any sense to be viewed as an ...
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... tion of that part of the American's statement , which represents Mr. Jefferson as having advised the people of Virginia to adopt or not upon a contingency . It happens likewise , that the letters which have been com- municated tend to ...
... tion of that part of the American's statement , which represents Mr. Jefferson as having advised the people of Virginia to adopt or not upon a contingency . It happens likewise , that the letters which have been com- municated tend to ...
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... tion of a caballing , self - sufficient , and refractory temper , would afford it . In order to show that the epithets have been misapplied , I shall endeavor to state what course a firm and virtuous indepen- dence of character , guided ...
... tion of a caballing , self - sufficient , and refractory temper , would afford it . In order to show that the epithets have been misapplied , I shall endeavor to state what course a firm and virtuous indepen- dence of character , guided ...
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... tion is to observe a corresponding conduct , by performing towards each the duties of neutrality ; to warn all persons within the jurisdiction of that country , to abstain from acts that shall contravene those duties , under the ...
... tion is to observe a corresponding conduct , by performing towards each the duties of neutrality ; to warn all persons within the jurisdiction of that country , to abstain from acts that shall contravene those duties , under the ...
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Page 553 - But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth, as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed...
Page 553 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled, men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 776 - The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution. By a limited constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority...
Page 777 - There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution can be valid.
Page 553 - ... that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free constitution which is the work of your hands may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete...
Page 553 - ... is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue which the public exigencies may at any time dictate.
Page 553 - The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprize you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those, out of whom...
Page 269 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, and those of his most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 553 - ... till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, pre-supposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 553 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.