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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... given here , that " the application of article 5 of the imperial decree to American commerce , is the result of the general expressions of that very article , " was not the opinion of the council on the 5th of March last , when they ...
... given here , that " the application of article 5 of the imperial decree to American commerce , is the result of the general expressions of that very article , " was not the opinion of the council on the 5th of March last , when they ...
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... given a con- trary opinion , of which the council had at no period par- taken : this opinion being that of an individual , could not , ( whatever consideration its author may merit ) balance the formal declaration given in the name of ...
... given a con- trary opinion , of which the council had at no period par- taken : this opinion being that of an individual , could not , ( whatever consideration its author may merit ) balance the formal declaration given in the name of ...
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... given on the 24th of December , 1806 , was private , not publick ; or , in other words , that it was the interpretation of the man , not that of the minister , and as such , cannot outweigh the more recent declaration coming directly ...
... given on the 24th of December , 1806 , was private , not publick ; or , in other words , that it was the interpretation of the man , not that of the minister , and as such , cannot outweigh the more recent declaration coming directly ...
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... given the example of measures unjust , illegal , and infringing on the sovereignty of nations . To oblige her to renounce them , it has become necessary to combat her with her own arms in violating the rights of all nations , she has ...
... given the example of measures unjust , illegal , and infringing on the sovereignty of nations . To oblige her to renounce them , it has become necessary to combat her with her own arms in violating the rights of all nations , she has ...
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... given me the highest pleasure to have drawn from this government such explanations , on the general subject of our differences with them , as would have met the friendly and equitable views of the United States ; but I owe it , as well ...
... given me the highest pleasure to have drawn from this government such explanations , on the general subject of our differences with them , as would have met the friendly and equitable views of the United States ; but I owe it , as well ...
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Page 229 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 2 - Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned ; and also to an Act entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such •Copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 130 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 103 - ... vessel after being so warned, or any vessel coming from any such port, after a reasonable time shall have been afforded for receiving information of this his majesty's order, which shall be found proceeding to another such port, shall be captured and brought in, and, together with he cargo, shall be condemned as lawful prize...
Page 371 - I cannot presume it to be unseasonable, to invite your attention to the advantages of superadding, to the means of educfltiori provided by the several states, a seminary of learning, instituted by the national legislature, within the limits of their exclusive jurisdiction; the expense of which might be defrayed, or reimbursed, out of the vacant grounds which have accrued to the nation within those limits.
Page 130 - Discontinuance of his, her or their Action or Suit after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if upon Demurrer Judgment shall be given against the Plaintiff...
Page 204 - It is my good fortune, moreover, to have the path in which I am to tread, lighted by examples of illustrious services, successfully rendered in the most trying difficulties, by those who have marched before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor it might least become me here to speak. I may, however, be pardoned for not suppressing the sympathy with which my heart is full, in the rich reward he enjoys in the benedictions of a beloved country, gratefully bestowed for exalted talents, zealously devoted,...
Page 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Page 470 - Sir, that the Decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the first of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their Orders in Council, and renounce the new principles of blockade, which they have wished to establish ; or that the United States, conformably to the Act which you have just communicated, shall cause their rights to be respected by the English.
Page 91 - THAT it shall be lawful to stop and detain all vessels !a.den wholly or in part with corn, flour, or meal, bound to any port in France, or any port occupied by the armies of France...