History of the Federal Government for Fifty Years : from March, 1789 to March, 1839S.G. Simpson, 1840 - 480 sider |
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... French Minister and his Improper Conduct . Neutral Posi- tion taken by Washington . Censures on this Policy . Genet Recalled . His Successor , Chargeable with little less Improper Conduct . British Ag- gressions . Special Embassy of Mr ...
... French Minister and his Improper Conduct . Neutral Posi- tion taken by Washington . Censures on this Policy . Genet Recalled . His Successor , Chargeable with little less Improper Conduct . British Ag- gressions . Special Embassy of Mr ...
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... French revolution , which began in 1789 , the factions which rapidly suc- ceeded one another , the outrages and cruelties commit- ted , under the sacred name of liberty , and the threats of that nation to spread their wild political ...
... French revolution , which began in 1789 , the factions which rapidly suc- ceeded one another , the outrages and cruelties commit- ted , under the sacred name of liberty , and the threats of that nation to spread their wild political ...
Side 60
... French government and its agents , to commit depredations on the commerce of Great Britain . M. Genet , then recently arrived as Envoy from the French government , to reside in the United States , author- ized and encouraged these ...
... French government and its agents , to commit depredations on the commerce of Great Britain . M. Genet , then recently arrived as Envoy from the French government , to reside in the United States , author- ized and encouraged these ...
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... French nation , and of rushing into war with England , at every hazard . * 66 * The following toast was given at a festival in Philadelphia , in July , 1793 , which was attended by respectable citizens , and the Governor of Pennsylvania ...
... French nation , and of rushing into war with England , at every hazard . * 66 * The following toast was given at a festival in Philadelphia , in July , 1793 , which was attended by respectable citizens , and the Governor of Pennsylvania ...
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... French people , in whose friendship America had before largely shared . One or two public journals , under the control of his invidious political enemies , were incessant and shameless in their criminations . Washington did not ...
... French people , in whose friendship America had before largely shared . One or two public journals , under the control of his invidious political enemies , were incessant and shameless in their criminations . Washington did not ...
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History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ... Alden Bradford Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ... Alden Bradford Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to ... Alden Bradford Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
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Side 459 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Side 87 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Side 446 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Side 462 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Side 16 - I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Side 17 - He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness...
Side 15 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Side 457 - We, who are your agents and servants for one purpose, will undertake to decide, that your other agents and servants, appointed by you for another purpose, have transcended the authority you gave them! " The reply would be, I think, not impertinent — " Who made you a judge over another's servants? To their own masters they stand or fall.
Side 458 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.
Side 311 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.