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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... politics ; but Madison seemed to show his contentment with the policy hitherto pursued , rather than his wish to change it . " This unexceptionable course , " he continued , " could not avail against the injustice and violence of the ...
... politics ; but Madison seemed to show his contentment with the policy hitherto pursued , rather than his wish to change it . " This unexceptionable course , " he continued , " could not avail against the injustice and violence of the ...
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... political character of the State , the epi- demic of faction broke out . While the legislatures of Massachusetts and Connecticut declared Acts of Congress unconstitutional , and refused aid to exe- cute them , the legislature of ...
... political character of the State , the epi- demic of faction broke out . While the legislatures of Massachusetts and Connecticut declared Acts of Congress unconstitutional , and refused aid to exe- cute them , the legislature of ...
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... political factiousness to occupy the thoughts of her citizens ; but large as the profits on freights might be , they hardly equalled the profits on manu- factures . In truth , the manufactories of New Eng- land were created by the ...
... political factiousness to occupy the thoughts of her citizens ; but large as the profits on freights might be , they hardly equalled the profits on manu- factures . In truth , the manufactories of New Eng- land were created by the ...
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... political power ; and at the time , she paid it knowingly and willingly . John Randolph protested almost alone . American manufactures owed more to Jefferson and Virginians , who disliked them , than to Northern statesmen , who merely ...
... political power ; and at the time , she paid it knowingly and willingly . John Randolph protested almost alone . American manufactures owed more to Jefferson and Virginians , who disliked them , than to Northern statesmen , who merely ...
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... political and military disadvan- tages he incurred from the Spanish uprising . With- out the consent of England he could neither free his civil government from the system of commercial re- striction , nor free his military strength from ...
... political and military disadvan- tages he incurred from the Spanish uprising . With- out the consent of England he could neither free his civil government from the system of commercial re- striction , nor free his military strength from ...
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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.