The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1819 |
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Pagina 13
... thro ' neutrals , you will be able to deny such acquiescence , and to urge moreover that , on every sup- position , the retaliating measure could not be justly enforced in relation to neutrals without allowing them at least a reason ...
... thro ' neutrals , you will be able to deny such acquiescence , and to urge moreover that , on every sup- position , the retaliating measure could not be justly enforced in relation to neutrals without allowing them at least a reason ...
Pagina 15
... thro ' British vio- lations of neutral commerce . The fact cannot be denied , and may be urged with great force , in our remonstrances against the orders to which Great Britain has given a retaliating character ; since the French Decree ...
... thro ' British vio- lations of neutral commerce . The fact cannot be denied , and may be urged with great force , in our remonstrances against the orders to which Great Britain has given a retaliating character ; since the French Decree ...
Pagina 18
... thro ' them , the vast injury to France , antecedent to the Berlin decree . It is probable that something further is to pass between us on the subject . Mr. Rose has now been about a month in this City . He opened his mission with a ...
... thro ' them , the vast injury to France , antecedent to the Berlin decree . It is probable that something further is to pass between us on the subject . Mr. Rose has now been about a month in this City . He opened his mission with a ...
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... British Government to make it thro ' a functionary here , that you are to accept it there . The answer to Mr. Erskine's letter on the British orders will furnish the grounds to be taken in your communications 22 [ 1808 THE WRITINGS OF.
... British Government to make it thro ' a functionary here , that you are to accept it there . The answer to Mr. Erskine's letter on the British orders will furnish the grounds to be taken in your communications 22 [ 1808 THE WRITINGS OF.
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... thro ' your hands , the answer is herewith in- closed to be forwarded by you . I learn from the Treasury that no delay arises in settling your ordinary accounts , but from that in receiving the Bankers accounts connected with them . Mr ...
... thro ' your hands , the answer is herewith in- closed to be forwarded by you . I learn from the Treasury that no delay arises in settling your ordinary accounts , but from that in receiving the Bankers accounts connected with them . Mr ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 193 - ... have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels, in a situation where no laws can operate, but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong...
Pagina 194 - They hover over and harass our entering and departing commerce. To the most insulting pretensions they have added the most lawless proceedings in our very harbors, and have wantonly spilt American blood within the sanctuary of our territorial jurisdiction.
Pagina 239 - ... sense, and the manly spirit of our fellow-citizens are pledges for the cheerfulness with which they will bear each his share of the common burden. To render the war short and its success sure, animated and systematic exertions alone are necessary, and the success of our arms now may long preserve our country from the necessity of another resort to them. Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights on one element. If the...
Pagina 70 - I have it in express charge from the president to state, that while he forbears to insist on a further punishment of the offending officer, he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such an example, nor the less persuaded that it would best comport with what is due from his Britannic majesty to his own honor.
Pagina 50 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Pagina 133 - Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education of poor children of the same, an authority which, being altogether superfluous if the provision is to be the result of pious charity, would be a precedent for giving to religious societies as such a legal agency in carrying into effect a public and civil duty.
Pagina 127 - While it is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people, and while it is evident that the means of diffusing and improving useful knowledge...
Pagina 200 - Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations, and these accumulating wrongs ; or, opposing force to force in defence of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of events...
Pagina 200 - Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations and these accumulating wrongs, or, opposing force to force in defense of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of Events, avoiding all connections which might entangle it in the contest or views of other powers, and preserving a constant readiness to concur in an honorable reestablishment of peace and friendship, is a solemn question which the Constitution wisely...