Select American Speeches: Forensic and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks : Being a Sequel to Dr. Chapman's Select Speeches, Volume 2J. W. Campbell, 1815 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... peace , made in the year 1783.- The second , as it bears upon and determines the several points in the law of nations connected with it . — And the third , as it infringes upon , and may be supposed to affect the commercial intercourse ...
... peace , made in the year 1783.- The second , as it bears upon and determines the several points in the law of nations connected with it . — And the third , as it infringes upon , and may be supposed to affect the commercial intercourse ...
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... peace , and that Great Britain had uniformly denied the meaning put by the United States on that article . In reply to these assertions , it is sufficient for me to remark , that so far from its being true that Great Britain had ...
... peace , and that Great Britain had uniformly denied the meaning put by the United States on that article . In reply to these assertions , it is sufficient for me to remark , that so far from its being true that Great Britain had ...
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... peace of 1783 , are in several instances deficient both in justice and reciprocity . And here a cir- cumstance occurs that in my opinion deserves the very particular attention of the committee . From the face of the treaty generally ...
... peace of 1783 , are in several instances deficient both in justice and reciprocity . And here a cir- cumstance occurs that in my opinion deserves the very particular attention of the committee . From the face of the treaty generally ...
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... peace , the committee will perceive that there are conditions annex- ed to the partial execution of it in the surrender of the western posts , which increase the general inequality of this part of the treaty , and essentially affect the ...
... peace , the committee will perceive that there are conditions annex- ed to the partial execution of it in the surrender of the western posts , which increase the general inequality of this part of the treaty , and essentially affect the ...
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... peace , should have been admitted into the new treaty , because , by the latter itself , the supposition is suggested that Great Britain may be deprived , by her real boundary , of all pretensions to a share in the waters and on the ...
... peace , should have been admitted into the new treaty , because , by the latter itself , the supposition is suggested that Great Britain may be deprived , by her real boundary , of all pretensions to a share in the waters and on the ...
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Page 335 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied — that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose — all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 91 - If they were to make a law not warranted by any of the powers enumerated, it would be considered by the judges as an infringement of the constitution which they are to guard. They would not consider such a law as coming under their jurisdiction. They would declare it void.
Page 314 - Such was the state of Eden when the serpent entered its bowers. The prisoner, in a more engaging form, winding himself into the open and unpractised heart of the unfortunate...
Page 202 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States, and the decision is...
Page 315 - Yet this unfortunate man, thus deluded from his interest and his happiness, thus seduced from the paths of innocence and peace, thus confounded in the toils that were deliberately spread for him, and overwhelmed by the mastering spirit and genius of another — this man, thus ruined and undone and made to play a subordinate part in this grand drama of guilt and treason, this man is to be called the principal offender, while he, by whom he was thus plunged in misery, is comparatively innocent, a mere...
Page 52 - On this theme, my emotions are unutterable. If I could find words for them — if my powers bore any proportion to my zeal — I would swell my voice to such a note of remonstrance it should reach every log-house beyond the mountains.
Page 59 - Let us not hesitate then to agree to the appropriation to carry it into faithful execution. Thus we shall save the faith of our nation, secure its peace, and diffuse the spirit of confidence and enterprise that will augment its prosperity. The progress of wealth and improvement is wonderful, and, some will think, too rapid. The field for exertion is fruitful and...
Page 313 - Blennerhassett's character, that on his arrival in America he retired even from the population of the Atlantic States, and sought quiet and solitude in the bosom of our Western forests.
Page 309 - ... escape of those who are more immediately engaged. They are all, provided the fact be committed, in the eye of the law present at it; for it was made a common cause with them, each man operated in his station at one and the same instant towards the same common end; and the part each man took tended to give countenance, encouragement and protection to the whole gang, and to insure the success of their common enterprise.
Page 90 - In a monarchy it is an excellent barrier to the despotism of the prince ; in a republic it is a no less excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body. And it is the best expedient which can be devised in any government, to secure a steady, upright, and impartial administration of the laws.