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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Page 175
... sailed from Philadelphia escaped even the vigilance of the French consul- * both had de- parted many days before he had been informed of them . This is stated by the consul himself in his report of the twenty - first of June , 1793 , to ...
... sailed from Philadelphia escaped even the vigilance of the French consul- * both had de- parted many days before he had been informed of them . This is stated by the consul himself in his report of the twenty - first of June , 1793 , to ...
Page 201
... sailed without opposition . What answer did the government give to the represen- tations of the minister of the French Republick , in this respect ? It said , that these vessels sailed too suddenly ; VOL . II . 26 the that it was not ...
... sailed without opposition . What answer did the government give to the represen- tations of the minister of the French Republick , in this respect ? It said , that these vessels sailed too suddenly ; VOL . II . 26 the that it was not ...
Page 221
... sailed with a formal clearance from the collector of the customs of Philadelphia . She went to New York , where the captain acquitted himself of his mission , and thence to Port de Paix , where the powder was delivered to general ...
... sailed with a formal clearance from the collector of the customs of Philadelphia . She went to New York , where the captain acquitted himself of his mission , and thence to Port de Paix , where the powder was delivered to general ...
Page 222
... sailed from New York . This information was made on the simple declaration of Mr. Giles , marshal of the court , who , as informer , was to share part of the confiscation . So that all the officers of the district court ( except the ...
... sailed from New York . This information was made on the simple declaration of Mr. Giles , marshal of the court , who , as informer , was to share part of the confiscation . So that all the officers of the district court ( except the ...
Page 279
... sailed , Į have only to cummunicate to you the hope and expectation of the President , that you will by your orders prevent her from returning to our ports in her military equipment . If she has not sailed , we must repeat our ...
... sailed , Į have only to cummunicate to you the hope and expectation of the President , that you will by your orders prevent her from returning to our ports in her military equipment . If she has not sailed , we must repeat our ...
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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...