American Annual Register of Public Events, Volume 5Joseph Blunt G. and C. Carvill, 1832 - History |
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... possession , raised himself to a high rank among the public men of the country . The evidence of his qualifications ... possessed more vari- ed attainments and was fully quali- fied by his learning and eloquence for the station to which ...
... possession , raised himself to a high rank among the public men of the country . The evidence of his qualifications ... possessed more vari- ed attainments and was fully quali- fied by his learning and eloquence for the station to which ...
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... possession of her armies ; and , after a great number had been thus seized , a decree was issued , dated at Ram- bouillet , March 23 , 1810 , con- firming those seizures ; extending by a retrospective operation , the principle to all ...
... possession of her armies ; and , after a great number had been thus seized , a decree was issued , dated at Ram- bouillet , March 23 , 1810 , con- firming those seizures ; extending by a retrospective operation , the principle to all ...
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... possessions . Both sagacious , active and alive to their own inter- ests , they endeavored to promote them upon conflicting principles . England , possessing extensive colonies in remote quarters of the globe , strove to monopolize ...
... possessions . Both sagacious , active and alive to their own inter- ests , they endeavored to promote them upon conflicting principles . England , possessing extensive colonies in remote quarters of the globe , strove to monopolize ...
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... possessions , and an attempt was now made to render the intercourse with the West Indies subservient to the ancient system of monopoly and exclusion . The American merchants soon felt the disadvantages to which they were subjected in ...
... possessions , and an attempt was now made to render the intercourse with the West Indies subservient to the ancient system of monopoly and exclusion . The American merchants soon felt the disadvantages to which they were subjected in ...
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... possessions , and that when the trade between the United States and the colonies was to be opened , it belonged to the United States as well as to England to establish the footing on which the intercourse was to be placed . The ...
... possessions , and that when the trade between the United States and the colonies was to be opened , it belonged to the United States as well as to England to establish the footing on which the intercourse was to be placed . The ...
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Page 122 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 111 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that, 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,...
Page 91 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 112 - It is, sir, the people's Constitution, the people's Government; made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Page 111 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 32 - Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the Other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 111 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history : the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure.
Page 122 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 96 - ... is dealing with one of whose temper and character he has yet much to learn. Sir, I shall not allow myself, on this occasion, I hope on no occasion, to be betrayed into any loss of temper; but, if provoked, as I trust I never shall...
Page 122 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...