History of the United States of America During the First Administration of James Madison, Volume 5C. Scribner's sons, 1890 - United States |
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Henry Adams. occasion of Madison's life , when he was required to explain the means by which he should retrieve the failures of Jefferson . " It is a precious reflection , " said Madison to his anx- ious audience , " that the transition ...
Henry Adams. occasion of Madison's life , when he was required to explain the means by which he should retrieve the failures of Jefferson . " It is a precious reflection , " said Madison to his anx- ious audience , " that the transition ...
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... the use of force . " To promote by authorized means improve- ments friendly to agriculture , to manufactures , and to external as well as internal commerce " was a phrase 1809 . 3 SUBSIDENCE OF FACTION . SUBSIDENCE OF FACTION.
... the use of force . " To promote by authorized means improve- ments friendly to agriculture , to manufactures , and to external as well as internal commerce " was a phrase 1809 . 3 SUBSIDENCE OF FACTION . SUBSIDENCE OF FACTION.
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... mean the degradation of the country at that very moment by the abandonment of [ the embargo ] . " The two events were in fact somewhat alike in character . That Gallatin should become Secretary of State seemed a point of little ...
... mean the degradation of the country at that very moment by the abandonment of [ the embargo ] . " The two events were in fact somewhat alike in character . That Gallatin should become Secretary of State seemed a point of little ...
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... means of avoiding a party schism . From that evil , at such a stage , he shrank . While the subject still stood unsettled , some un- known person suggested a new idea . If Robert Smith could be put in the Treasury , his brother Samuel ...
... means of avoiding a party schism . From that evil , at such a stage , he shrank . While the subject still stood unsettled , some un- known person suggested a new idea . If Robert Smith could be put in the Treasury , his brother Samuel ...
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... means of concentrating its violence , government might have been paralyzed by these proofs of low esteem ; but America had not by far reached such a stage , and dark as the prospect was both within and without , Madison could safely ...
... means of concentrating its violence , government might have been paralyzed by these proofs of low esteem ; but America had not by far reached such a stage , and dark as the prospect was both within and without , Madison could safely ...
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Page 319 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 17 - If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Page 349 - Shall the main question be now put?" It was decided in the affirmative.
Page 191 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Page 323 - The wisdom of Congress will at the same time determine how far it may be expedient to provide for the event of a subversion of the Spanish authorities within the Territory in question, and an apprehended occupancy thereof by any other foreign power.
Page 333 - The power to create corporations is not expressly granted. It is a high attribute of sovereignty, and in its nature not accessorial or derivative by implication, but primary and independent.
Page 310 - ... that in the hands of the United States it will not cease to be a subject of fair and friendly negotiation and adjustment...
Page 321 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 1 - Assuring myself that, under every vicissitude, the determined spirit and united councils of the nation will be safeguards to its honor and its essential interests, I repair to the post assigned me with no other discouragement than what springs from my own inadequacy to its high duties.