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" With this evidence of hostile inflexibility, in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armour, and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the... "
A History of the United States of America: On a Plan Adapted to the Capacity ... - Page 246
by Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1832 - 316 pages
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John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1833: A Biography Based Largely on ..., Volume 1

William Cabell Bruce - 1922 - 716 pages
...relinquish, Congress," the message said, "will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations."' Clay promptly proceeded to organize and man the committees of the House in such a manner as to give...
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John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1833: A Biography Based Largely on ..., Volume 1

William Cabell Bruce - 1922 - 728 pages
...relinquish, Congress," the message said, "will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations."1 Clay promptly proceeded to organize and man the committees of the House in such a manner...
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The Trail of a Tradition ...

Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg - History - 1926 - 448 pages
...independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations." The armor and the attitude materialized within six months — and with them the War of 1812. Broadly...
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The Republic in Peril: 1812

Roger H. Brown - History - 1971 - 260 pages
...relinquish," he concluded, "Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations." 38 Thus the President's recommendations for military preparations made to Congress on November 5 rested...
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Henry Adams: History of the United States Vol. 2 1809-1817 (LOA #32): The ...

Henry Adams - History - 1986 - 1458 pages
...independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations." The report of Secretary Gallatin, sent to the House November 22, bore also a warlike character. For...
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The Naval Chronicle: 1811-1815

Nicholas Tracy - Great Britain - 1998 - 390 pages
...as well as the effect, of war on our lawful commerce. With this evidence of hostile inflexibility, in trampling on rights which no independent nation...crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectation. . . . (Signed) JAMES MADISON From 'Correspondence. ' xxylw*» Social Inequality a Service...
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Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and ...

Alexander DeConde - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 404 pages
...nation can relinquish." The time had arrived, he declared, "to put the United States into an armor, an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations." He asked the legislators to expand the military forces to prepare for an invasion of Canada. On June...
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War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution

Peter Irons - Law - 2006 - 328 pages
...prepared, but he suggested that Congress "will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations." Congress responded with appropriations for additional military and naval forces, and later granted...
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The Rise of Canada: From Barbarism to Wealth and Civilization, Volume 1

Charles Roger - Canada - 1856 - 444 pages
...Britain. She had trampled on rights, which no independent nation could relinquish, and Congress would feel the duty of putting the United States into an...crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectation. Congress did as they were recommended to do. Bills were passed having reference to probable...
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United States Congressional Serial Set

United States - 1913 - 860 pages
...The President's message suggested to Congress "the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations," but threw the responsibility of declaring war entirely upon congressional shoulders.3 Clay then placed...
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