Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence,... Annals of the Congress of the United States - Side 55av United States. Congress - 1851Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 728 sider
...the President] ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...regardless of national honor, character and interest." ' On the 23d of May the Senate adopted an answer to the President's speech, responding to its sentiments,... | |
| William Archer Cocke - 1858 - 442 sider
...with a decision that shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humbled under a Colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority,...regardless of national honor, character, and interest." This paper sustains the ground of neutrality pursued by the preceding Administration, with a renewal... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1858 - 788 sider
...Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France, and the world, that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...the miserable instruments of foreign influence ; and "•egardless of national honor, character, and interest I should have been happy to have thrown a... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 sider
...Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world, that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instrument of foreign influence, and regardless of national honour, character, and interest." the Directory... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 sider
...Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...character, and interest. " I should have been happy," he continued, " to throw a veil over the late transactions of the French government, if it had been... | |
| John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 966 sider
...the people from the Government, and to be repelled with a decision which will prove that we are not fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign...regardless of national honor, character, and interest." He communicated his intention to institute another mission to France, adverted to a recent decree contravening... | |
| Richard Hildreth - 1871 - 704 sider
...people, humiliated ' under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fit1797. te( ^ to ke tne miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest." Yet notwithstanding these injuries, a desire was expressed, in which Congress and the people were presumed... | |
| John Chandler Bancroft Davis - 1873 - 260 sider
...decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated nnder a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instrnments of foreign inflnence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest. * * *... | |
| 1876 - 568 sider
...Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France, and the world, that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be The. instructions of our federal executive to our Envoys to France are strongly marked with candour, and... | |
| Hermann Von Holst - 1876 - 534 sider
...defense'' should be adopted without delay. It is necessary " to convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial...spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character and interest."... | |
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