The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1819 - Constitutional history |
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... force all the rights accruing to them from a failure to do so . That the execution of local laws against foreign Nations on the high seas is a violation of the rights of the former and the freedom of the latter , will probably not be ...
... force all the rights accruing to them from a failure to do so . That the execution of local laws against foreign Nations on the high seas is a violation of the rights of the former and the freedom of the latter , will probably not be ...
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... force , in our remonstrances against the orders to which Great Britain has given a retaliating character ; since the French Decree might on the same ground , be pronounced a retaliation on the preceding conduct of Great Britain . But ...
... force , in our remonstrances against the orders to which Great Britain has given a retaliating character ; since the French Decree might on the same ground , be pronounced a retaliation on the preceding conduct of Great Britain . But ...
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... force daily , that we are less unripe for manu- facturing establishments than has been supposed , and that we are admonished by experience to lessen our dependence for supplies on foreign nations . There is no longer any ground to ...
... force daily , that we are less unripe for manu- facturing establishments than has been supposed , and that we are admonished by experience to lessen our dependence for supplies on foreign nations . There is no longer any ground to ...
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... force a contest with the United States . On the other hand should she set the example of revocation Great Britain would be obliged , either by following it , to restore to France the full benefit of neutral trade which she needs , or by ...
... force a contest with the United States . On the other hand should she set the example of revocation Great Britain would be obliged , either by following it , to restore to France the full benefit of neutral trade which she needs , or by ...
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... force to the object , or in the mode of notification , will authorize fair claims of indemnification , it is the more necessary that guarded answers should be given , in such cases as heretofore suggested . Since the British order of ...
... force to the object , or in the mode of notification , will authorize fair claims of indemnification , it is the more necessary that guarded answers should be given , in such cases as heretofore suggested . Since the British order of ...
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Page 193 - ... have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels, in a situation where no laws can operate, but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong...
Page 194 - They hover over and harass our entering and departing commerce. To the most insulting pretensions they have added the most lawless proceedings in our very harbors, and have wantonly spilt American blood within the sanctuary of our territorial jurisdiction.
Page 239 - ... sense, and the manly spirit of our fellow-citizens are pledges for the cheerfulness with which they will bear each his share of the common burden. To render the war short and its success sure, animated and systematic exertions alone are necessary, and the success of our arms now may long preserve our country from the necessity of another resort to them. Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights on one element. If the...
Page 70 - I have it in express charge from the president to state, that while he forbears to insist on a further punishment of the offending officer, he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such an example, nor the less persuaded that it would best comport with what is due from his Britannic majesty to his own honor.
Page 50 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 133 - Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education of poor children of the same, an authority which, being altogether superfluous if the provision is to be the result of pious charity, would be a precedent for giving to religious societies as such a legal agency in carrying into effect a public and civil duty.
Page 127 - While it is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people, and while it is evident that the means of diffusing and improving useful knowledge...
Page 200 - Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations, and these accumulating wrongs ; or, opposing force to force in defence of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of events...
Page 200 - Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations and these accumulating wrongs, or, opposing force to force in defense of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of Events, avoiding all connections which might entangle it in the contest or views of other powers, and preserving a constant readiness to concur in an honorable reestablishment of peace and friendship, is a solemn question which the Constitution wisely...