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, 1817 - United States |
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... would certainly have an equal right to pursue the same measure , whereby the same consequence would ensue . But for a nation to have its peaceable industry suspended and its citizens reduced to idleness and want by the 14 AMERICAN.
... would certainly have an equal right to pursue the same measure , whereby the same consequence would ensue . But for a nation to have its peaceable industry suspended and its citizens reduced to idleness and want by the 14 AMERICAN.
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... citizens reduced to idleness and want by the act of another , is a restriction which reason and justice do not authorize . Neither can it be deemed sufficient for the belligerent powers to say , " we and our friends will pur- chase your ...
... citizens reduced to idleness and want by the act of another , is a restriction which reason and justice do not authorize . Neither can it be deemed sufficient for the belligerent powers to say , " we and our friends will pur- chase your ...
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... citizens as may have suffered thereby . In thus unfolding to his majesty's government the ob- jections to this measure , the undersigned is particularly instructed to declare that the United States found their expectation of justice ...
... citizens as may have suffered thereby . In thus unfolding to his majesty's government the ob- jections to this measure , the undersigned is particularly instructed to declare that the United States found their expectation of justice ...
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... citizens of the United States could calculate , that their accustomed trade would hinder the execution of the designs of Great Britain , will be hereafter touched upon . But let their speculative opinion be such . Barbeyrac the ...
... citizens of the United States could calculate , that their accustomed trade would hinder the execution of the designs of Great Britain , will be hereafter touched upon . But let their speculative opinion be such . Barbeyrac the ...
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... citizens were navigating the ocean , ignorant of any penalty which they had to avoid , as soon as the instructions had undergone the forms of office , they were the victims . Those who undertake to judge for us should remember what the ...
... citizens were navigating the ocean , ignorant of any penalty which they had to avoid , as soon as the instructions had undergone the forms of office , they were the victims . Those who undertake to judge for us should remember what the ...
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Page 167 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 46 - That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 110 - Among the means, which have been employed to this end, none have been attended with greater success than the establishment of boards, composed of proper characters, charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Page 111 - The institution of a military academy is also recommended by cogent reasons. However pacific the general policy of a nation may be, it ought never to be without an adequate stock of military knowledge for emergencies.
Page 257 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war of either party, and privateers, freely to carry whithersoever they please, the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any duty to the officers of the admiralty or any other judges ; nor shall such prizes be arrested or seized...
Page 111 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Page 103 - The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy; and even when brought to a conclusion a full disclosure of all the measures, demands, or eventual concessions which may have been proposed or contemplated would be extremely impolitic ; for this might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations, or produce immediate inconveniences, perhaps danger and mischief, in relation to other powers.
Page 215 - As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those, powers, with whom the United States have the most extensive relations, there was reason to apprehend, that our intercourse with them might be interrupted, and our disposition for peace drawn into question, by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
Page 113 - The situation in which I now stand, for the last time, in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country, on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and Sovereign Arbiter of Nations, that his providential care may still be extended to the United States...
Page 46 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...