Annual Register, Volume 111Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1870 - History |
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Page 152
... Highness intimated an opinion that the security which the Governors had originally felt respecting the inte- rests of their foundation being properly protected by the Bill , had been seriously affected by the recent observations of Lord ...
... Highness intimated an opinion that the security which the Governors had originally felt respecting the inte- rests of their foundation being properly protected by the Bill , had been seriously affected by the recent observations of Lord ...
Page 238
... Highness's opinion is not in accord with the feeling of the population or with that of the Councils - General , and I add that neither in the Senate nor in the Legislative Chamber would there be found a majority to maintain principles ...
... Highness's opinion is not in accord with the feeling of the population or with that of the Councils - General , and I add that neither in the Senate nor in the Legislative Chamber would there be found a majority to maintain principles ...
Page 273
... Highness , I have had the honour of receiving the letter which , by order of his Imperial Majesty , your Highness has been good enough to address to me , and in which you demand explana- tions upon the interpretations given to my last ...
... Highness , I have had the honour of receiving the letter which , by order of his Imperial Majesty , your Highness has been good enough to address to me , and in which you demand explana- tions upon the interpretations given to my last ...
Page 275
... Highness will be convinced that the accusations made in this respect are simply and purely calumnious . " As to the mission of Nubar Pasha in Europe , your Highness is aware it is no new step , but that this mission has been already ...
... Highness will be convinced that the accusations made in this respect are simply and purely calumnious . " As to the mission of Nubar Pasha in Europe , your Highness is aware it is no new step , but that this mission has been already ...
Page 276
... Highness has further done me the honour to say that the enormous expenses which have been incurred in the purchase of fire- arms , vessels of war , and the like , subject the inhabitants of the country to burdens far beyond their means ...
... Highness has further done me the honour to say that the enormous expenses which have been incurred in the purchase of fire- arms , vessels of war , and the like , subject the inhabitants of the country to burdens far beyond their means ...
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Page 297 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 296 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 286 - It shall be competent for each Government to name one person to attend the Commissioners as Agent on its behalf, to present and support claims on its behalf, and to answer claims made upon it, and to represent it generally in all matters connected with the investigation and decision thereof.
Page 244 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
Page 307 - As the United States is the freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympathize with all people struggling for liberty and self-government; but while so sympathizing it is due to our honor that we should abstain from enforcing our views upon unwilling nations and from taking an interested part, -without invitation, in the quarrels between different nations or between governments and their subjects.
Page 221 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Page 291 - Whereas we are happily at Peace with all Sovereigns, Powers, and States: And whereas hostilities have unhappily commenced between the Government of the United States of America and certain states styling themselves the Confederate States of America...
Page 230 - Malta, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
Page 308 - The United States, in order to put a stop to bloodshed in Cuba, and in the interest of a neighboring people, proposed their good offices to bring the existing contest to a termination. The offer, not being accepted by Spain on a basis which we believed could be received by Cuba, was withdrawn. It is hoped that the good offices of the United States may yet prove advantageous for the settlement of this unhappy strife.
Page 285 - Government for its interposition with the other, and which yet remain unsettled, as well as any other such claims which may be presented within...