The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - Constitutional history |
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... Conduct of France - English decrees to be revoked- Feeling against France . To Thomas Jefferson , August 17th 210 Seditious opposition in Massachusetts and Connecticut -Military proceedings - British decrees . To S. Spring , September ...
... Conduct of France - English decrees to be revoked- Feeling against France . To Thomas Jefferson , August 17th 210 Seditious opposition in Massachusetts and Connecticut -Military proceedings - British decrees . To S. Spring , September ...
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... Conduct of Eastern States - Support of Virginia . To Benjamin W. Crowninshield , December 15th Offers him post of Secretary of the Navy . 320 To John Adams , December 17th . 321 Fisheries negotiations - Mission at Ghent 1815 . Special ...
... Conduct of Eastern States - Support of Virginia . To Benjamin W. Crowninshield , December 15th Offers him post of Secretary of the Navy . 320 To John Adams , December 17th . 321 Fisheries negotiations - Mission at Ghent 1815 . Special ...
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... conduct of their agents in encouraging , harbouring , and retaining , de- serters , natural - born subjects of H. B. M .; as what had preceded the affair of the Chesapeake , and was but a reasonable satis- faction to his Majesty ...
... conduct of their agents in encouraging , harbouring , and retaining , de- serters , natural - born subjects of H. B. M .; as what had preceded the affair of the Chesapeake , and was but a reasonable satis- faction to his Majesty ...
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... conduct of their Agents in encouraging , harbouring , and not discharging natural - born deserters — a case different from not surrendering , which was not claimed . He was reminded of the difficulty as to natural - born sub- jects ...
... conduct of their Agents in encouraging , harbouring , and not discharging natural - born deserters — a case different from not surrendering , which was not claimed . He was reminded of the difficulty as to natural - born sub- jects ...
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... conduct in that instance ; that his reply was wholly unbecoming his sta- tion ; that it was probable , however , that he said what he believed to be true ; and , indeed , was true , the demand of Hum- phreys being for deserters from ...
... conduct in that instance ; that his reply was wholly unbecoming his sta- tion ; that it was probable , however , that he said what he believed to be true ; and , indeed , was true , the demand of Hum- phreys being for deserters from ...
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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...