The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - Constitutional history |
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... Senate , July 6th . To Albert Gallatin , August 2d · To Henry Dearborn , August 8th . Declines to confer with committee on subject of Russell's appointment . Concerning his mission and appointment . Concerning his retirement . To Isaac ...
... Senate , July 6th . To Albert Gallatin , August 2d · To Henry Dearborn , August 8th . Declines to confer with committee on subject of Russell's appointment . Concerning his mission and appointment . Concerning his retirement . To Isaac ...
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... Senate with unshut doors ; and one of the family of Mr. Rose being , as is said , present , it is not im- probable that your statement of the conversations with Mr. Canning will be reported to him ; and possibly with such errors , as ...
... Senate with unshut doors ; and one of the family of Mr. Rose being , as is said , present , it is not im- probable that your statement of the conversations with Mr. Canning will be reported to him ; and possibly with such errors , as ...
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... Senate , by a committee on the documents relating to the affair of the Chesapeake and on the letters of Mr. Champagny and Mr. Erskine ; and indicating the spirit which may be ex- pected to influence the future policy of the Country , if ...
... Senate , by a committee on the documents relating to the affair of the Chesapeake and on the letters of Mr. Champagny and Mr. Erskine ; and indicating the spirit which may be ex- pected to influence the future policy of the Country , if ...
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... Senate proposed during the last days of the Session to revest such a power in the President , as a provision for a state of things which might warrant the exercise of it . In the House of Representatives the Bill was rejected by a large ...
... Senate proposed during the last days of the Session to revest such a power in the President , as a provision for a state of things which might warrant the exercise of it . In the House of Representatives the Bill was rejected by a large ...
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... Senate , both of which will be seen by you ) to put France au même ligne with Great Britain in aggressions on the United States , insisting that the latter must at least be regarded as the prior as well as the greater wrong doer . He ...
... Senate , both of which will be seen by you ) to put France au même ligne with Great Britain in aggressions on the United States , insisting that the latter must at least be regarded as the prior as well as the greater wrong doer . He ...
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Page 449 - Should Congress, in the execution of its powers, adopt measures which are prohibited by the Constitution; or should Congress, under the pretext of executing its powers, pass laws for the accomplishment of objects not entrusted to the Government...
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 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 194 - They hover over and VOL. VIII 13 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 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 48 - To cherish peace and friendly intercourse with all nations having correspondent dispositions; to maintain sincere neutrality toward belligerent nations; to prefer in all cases amicable discussion and reasonable accommodation of differences to a decision of them by an appeal to arms; to exclude foreign intrigues and foreign partialities, so degrading to all countries and so baneful to free ones...
Page 233 - I lay before Congress copies of a proclamation of the British lieutenant-governor of the island of Bermuda,1 which has appeared under circumstances leaving no doubt of its authenticity. It recites a British order in council of the 26th of October last, providing for the supply...
Page 173 - United States ; and none, perhaps, inducements equally persuasive to make the most of them. The particular undertaking contemplated by the State of New York, which marks an honorable spirit of enterprise and comprises objects of national as well as more limited importance, will recall the attention of Congress to the signal advantages to be derived to the United States from a general system of internal communication and conveyance ; and suggest to their consideration whatever steps may be proper,...
Page 200 - 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 '. I of peace and friendship, is a solemn question which the Constitution •wisely confides to...
Page 343 - Such an institution claims the patronage of Congress as a monument of their solicitude for the advancement of knowledge, without which the blessings of liberty can not be fully enjoyed or long preserved...