Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 5. 1796-March 3, 1803D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... France , as the gentleman supposes , it will be disastrous to this country ; we have reason to deplore it ; it will be calamitous indeed . France has more power to injure this country than any nation besides , and none we can injure ...
... France , as the gentleman supposes , it will be disastrous to this country ; we have reason to deplore it ; it will be calamitous indeed . France has more power to injure this country than any nation besides , and none we can injure ...
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... France ? Wherein have we differed from the compact made with France by our treaty made with that country ? We surely had a right to treat with Great Britain , else we could not be an independent nation ; and France will not de- ny this ...
... France ? Wherein have we differed from the compact made with France by our treaty made with that country ? We surely had a right to treat with Great Britain , else we could not be an independent nation ; and France will not de- ny this ...
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... France , Germany , and most countries of Europe , and it will be found that , out of fifty millions of people , not more than two or three had any pretensions to knowledge , the rest being , comparatively with Americans , ignorant . In ...
... France , Germany , and most countries of Europe , and it will be found that , out of fifty millions of people , not more than two or three had any pretensions to knowledge , the rest being , comparatively with Americans , ignorant . In ...
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... France to receive our Minister is then the denial of a right ; but the refusal to hear him , until we have acceded to their demands , without discussion , and without investigation , is to treat us neither as allies , nor as friends ...
... France to receive our Minister is then the denial of a right ; but the refusal to hear him , until we have acceded to their demands , without discussion , and without investigation , is to treat us neither as allies , nor as friends ...
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... France . The people of France , he ob- | American citizens who fit out privateers to serves , have been greatly deceived , with re- cruise against the trade of this country . spect to the United States , by misrepresentation , 6 ...
... France . The people of France , he ob- | American citizens who fit out privateers to serves , have been greatly deceived , with re- cruise against the trade of this country . spect to the United States , by misrepresentation , 6 ...
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