Mississippi Question: Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on Certain Resolutions Concerning the Violation of the Right of Deposit in the Island of New OrleansW. Duane, 1803 - 198 sider |
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Side 4
... justice ? Will it be submitted to ? These men bought your lands in confidence that the Spanish treaty would be maintained .... all sales since the date of the treaty .... now you suffer wanton violation of it without making an effort to ...
... justice ? Will it be submitted to ? These men bought your lands in confidence that the Spanish treaty would be maintained .... all sales since the date of the treaty .... now you suffer wanton violation of it without making an effort to ...
Side 5
... those who have an interest at stake to defend it .... do justice to yourselves when your adversaries deny it .... and leave the event to him who controls the fate of nations . Why submit to a tardy , uncertain negociation , as ( 5 )
... those who have an interest at stake to defend it .... do justice to yourselves when your adversaries deny it .... and leave the event to him who controls the fate of nations . Why submit to a tardy , uncertain negociation , as ( 5 )
Side 22
... justice and peace on behalf of the people of the U. States . Are honorable gentlemen prepared to accept of peace on such terms ? .... They might do , sir , for a tribe of starving Indians ; but is this the rank that we are to hold among ...
... justice and peace on behalf of the people of the U. States . Are honorable gentlemen prepared to accept of peace on such terms ? .... They might do , sir , for a tribe of starving Indians ; but is this the rank that we are to hold among ...
Side 25
... justice to ourselves . We can never have permanent peace on our western waters , till we possess ourselves of New Orleans , and such other positions as may be necessary to give us the complete and absolute command of the navigation of ...
... justice to ourselves . We can never have permanent peace on our western waters , till we possess ourselves of New Orleans , and such other positions as may be necessary to give us the complete and absolute command of the navigation of ...
Side 26
... justice to themselves , which , by the bye , I beg to be understood as not believing , but expressly the con- trary . They know their own strength .... they know the fee- bleness of the enemy .... they know the infinite importance of ...
... justice to themselves , which , by the bye , I beg to be understood as not believing , but expressly the con- trary . They know their own strength .... they know the fee- bleness of the enemy .... they know the infinite importance of ...
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Side 91 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Side 92 - The Inhabitants of our Western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head. They have seen, in the Negotiation by the Executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the Senate, of the Treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event, throughout the United States, a...
Side 91 - ... the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest. as one nation. Any other tenure by which the west can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Side 92 - Northern and Southern; Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
Side 91 - ... west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home.
Side 91 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Side 21 - States, for the space of three years from this time, to deposit their merchandize and effects in the port of New Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and His Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds during that time that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them on another part of the banks of the Mississippi an equivalent...
Side 91 - The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Side 92 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.