Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3F. Carr, and Company, 1829 - Presidents |
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... France . Must the present generation of men have retired from the territory in which nature produces them , and ceded it to the Dutch creditors ? No ; they have the same rights over the soil on which they were produced , as the ...
... France . Must the present generation of men have retired from the territory in which nature produces them , and ceded it to the Dutch creditors ? No ; they have the same rights over the soil on which they were produced , as the ...
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... France , and to appoint Mr. William Short chargé des affaires for the United States during my absence , and having since thought proper to call me to the office of Secretary of State , comprehending that of Foreign Affairs , I have now ...
... France , and to appoint Mr. William Short chargé des affaires for the United States during my absence , and having since thought proper to call me to the office of Secretary of State , comprehending that of Foreign Affairs , I have now ...
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... France . It is believed here , that the Count de Moustier , during his residence with us , con- ceived a project of again engaging France in a colony upon our continent , and that he directed his views to some of the country on the ...
... France . It is believed here , that the Count de Moustier , during his residence with us , con- ceived a project of again engaging France in a colony upon our continent , and that he directed his views to some of the country on the ...
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... France , viz . that the subjects of the United States shall not be reputed Aubaines in France , and consequently shall be exempted from the Droit d'Aubaine , or other similar duty , under what name soever , ' has been construed so ...
... France , viz . that the subjects of the United States shall not be reputed Aubaines in France , and consequently shall be exempted from the Droit d'Aubaine , or other similar duty , under what name soever , ' has been construed so ...
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... France , were meant to exist in all the dominions of France . Considering this question under the second article of the treaty also , we are exempted from the Droit d'Aubaine in all the do- minions of France : for by that article , no ...
... France , were meant to exist in all the dominions of France . Considering this question under the second article of the treaty also , we are exempted from the Droit d'Aubaine in all the do- minions of France : for by that article , no ...
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Page 335 - I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Page 222 - It would give you a fever were I to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England.
Page 386 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants.
Page 25 - I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living ; that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it.
Page 386 - France : the impetuosity of her temper, the energy and restlessness of her character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition with insult or injury, enterprising and energetic as any nation on earth ; these circumstances render it impossible that France and the United States can continue long friends, when they meet in so irritable a position.
Page 298 - I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our Government to the genuine principles of its Constitution; I mean an additional article, taking from the federal Government the power of borrowing.
Page 160 - ... them. To suppress their callings, the only means perhaps of their subsistence because a war exists in foreign and distant countries, in which we have no concern, would scarcely be expected. It would be hard in principle, and impossible in practice. The law of nations, therefore, respecting the rights of those at peace, does not require from them such an internal derangement in their occupations.
Page 386 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 288 - Seeing, therefore, that an association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry; seeing that we must have somebody to quarrel with, I had rather keep our New England associates for that purpose, than to see our bickerings transferred to others.
Page 256 - You and I have formerly seen warm debates and high political passions. But gentlemen of different politics would then speak to each other, and separate the business of the Senate from that of society. It is not so now. Men who have been intimate all their lives, cross the streets to avoid meeting, and turn their heads another way, lest they should be obliged to touch their hats.