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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... objects to which your atten- tion is to be given . It will be more consistent with those circumstances , and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me , to substitute , in place of a recommenda- tion of particular measures ...
... objects to which your atten- tion is to be given . It will be more consistent with those circumstances , and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me , to substitute , in place of a recommenda- tion of particular measures ...
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... objects , which will en- gage your attention , that of providing for the common defence , will merit particular regard . To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace . A free people ought not only to be ...
... objects , which will en- gage your attention , that of providing for the common defence , will merit particular regard . To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace . A free people ought not only to be ...
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... object of great importance , and will , I am persuaded , be duly attended to . The advancement of agriculture , commerce and manu- factures , by all proper means , will not , I trust , need recom- mendation . But I cannot forbear ...
... object of great importance , and will , I am persuaded , be duly attended to . The advancement of agriculture , commerce and manu- factures , by all proper means , will not , I trust , need recom- mendation . But I cannot forbear ...
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... object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed . And I shall derive great satisfaction from a co - operation with you , in the pleasing , though arduous task of ensuring to our fellow citizens the blessings which they have a ...
... object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed . And I shall derive great satisfaction from a co - operation with you , in the pleasing , though arduous task of ensuring to our fellow citizens the blessings which they have a ...
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... object could not be effected by defensive measures , it became necessary to put in force the act which empowers the President to call out the militia for the protection of the frontiers . And I have accordingly authorized an expedition ...
... object could not be effected by defensive measures , it became necessary to put in force the act which empowers the President to call out the militia for the protection of the frontiers . And I have accordingly authorized an expedition ...
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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...