State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency: Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations Since that Time ...Thomas B. Wait, 1819 - United States |
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... give way to my entire confi- dence in your discernment and pursuit of the publick good . For I assure myself , that whilst you carefully avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of an united and effective government , or ...
... give way to my entire confi- dence in your discernment and pursuit of the publick good . For I assure myself , that whilst you carefully avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of an united and effective government , or ...
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... give a rea- sonable hope , that the further execution of those powers may proceed with advantage and success . The Secretary of the Treasury has my direction to communicate such further particulars as may be requisite for more precise ...
... give a rea- sonable hope , that the further execution of those powers may proceed with advantage and success . The Secretary of the Treasury has my direction to communicate such further particulars as may be requisite for more precise ...
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... give way to motives which arise out of a just sense of duty , and a virtuous regard to the publick welfare . If there are any circumstances in the law , which , con- sistently with its main design , may be so varied as to re- move any ...
... give way to motives which arise out of a just sense of duty , and a virtuous regard to the publick welfare . If there are any circumstances in the law , which , con- sistently with its main design , may be so varied as to re- move any ...
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... give that satisfaction to foreign nations , which we may sometimes have occasion to require from them . 1 particularly recommend to your consideration the means of preventing those aggressions by our citizens on the ter- ritory of other ...
... give that satisfaction to foreign nations , which we may sometimes have occasion to require from them . 1 particularly recommend to your consideration the means of preventing those aggressions by our citizens on the ter- ritory of other ...
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... give in payment , and receive in exchange . Individuals will not pursue such a traffick , unless they be allured by the hope of profit ; but it will be enough for the United States to be reimbursed only . Should this recommendation ...
... give in payment , and receive in exchange . Individuals will not pursue such a traffick , unless they be allured by the hope of profit ; but it will be enough for the United States to be reimbursed only . Should this recommendation ...
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Page 9 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who, inheriting inferior endowments from nature, and unpractised in the duties of civil administration, ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.
Page 357 - United States : and that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of...
Page 14 - A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and...
Page 228 - Properties since the Confiscation. And it is agreed, That all Persons who have any interest in confiscated Lands, either by Debts, Marriage Settlements, or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful Impediment in the Prosecution of their just Rights.
Page 236 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 215 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and fleets from the said United States, and from every port, place and harbour within the same...
Page 10 - I have, in obedience to the publick summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Page 11 - Since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.
Page 9 - I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Page 15 - To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways ; by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration, that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people...