A Century of American Diplomacy: Being a Brief Review of the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1776-1876 |
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... party and defeat of the Federalists . John Marshall , Secretary of State and Chief Justice . CHAPTER VI . THE ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON . The new era of democracy James Madison , Secretary of State , his qualities and services ...
... party and defeat of the Federalists . John Marshall , Secretary of State and Chief Justice . CHAPTER VI . THE ADMINISTRATION OF JEFFERSON . The new era of democracy James Madison , Secretary of State , his qualities and services ...
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... if I was a sheep . " The year wore on towards its close with nothing but gloom and discouragement for the American envoys ; 1 2 Ib . 283 . but one night early in December a dinner party in THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD . 29 283.
... if I was a sheep . " The year wore on towards its close with nothing but gloom and discouragement for the American envoys ; 1 2 Ib . 283 . but one night early in December a dinner party in THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD . 29 283.
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... party , rushed off with such precipitation to carry the news to the court at Versailles that he upset his coach and ... parties . - This treaty has importance and interest in that it was the first celebrated by the new nation ; but it ...
... party , rushed off with such precipitation to carry the news to the court at Versailles that he upset his coach and ... parties . - This treaty has importance and interest in that it was the first celebrated by the new nation ; but it ...
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... parties in making the treaty . If they were negotiating as independent nations the stipulations entered into were in the nature of the partition of an empire , and each continued in the exercise of the rights which pertained to them re ...
... parties in making the treaty . If they were negotiating as independent nations the stipulations entered into were in the nature of the partition of an empire , and each continued in the exercise of the rights which pertained to them re ...
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... parties in making the treaty. If they were negotiating as independent nations the stipulations entered into were in the nature of the partition of an empire, and each continued in the exercise of the rights which pertained to them ...
... parties in making the treaty. If they were negotiating as independent nations the stipulations entered into were in the nature of the partition of an empire, and each continued in the exercise of the rights which pertained to them ...
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Page 467 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign state ; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 431 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence, she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 436 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 110 - Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.
Page 249 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 417 - A neutral Government is bound — First. — To use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 128 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust, to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one, who inheriting inferior endowments from nature, and...
Page 191 - But I suppose they must then appeal to the nation for an additional article to the Constitution, approving and confirming an act which the nation had not previously authorized. The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union.
Page 47 - For this purpose you are to make the most candid and confidential communications upon all subjects to the ministers of our generous ally the King of France, to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge and concurrence and ultimately to govern yourselves by their advice and Opinion...
Page 184 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.