The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: 1795-1799G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - Legislators |
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... Character - Washington accepts Command - R . King gratified by Firmness of U. S. - Its Effect in England - Its Government and People decided • PAGE 335 356 CHAPTER XXV . King to R. Troup - French and Irish Affairs - Benedict Arnold - To ...
... Character - Washington accepts Command - R . King gratified by Firmness of U. S. - Its Effect in England - Its Government and People decided • PAGE 335 356 CHAPTER XXV . King to R. Troup - French and Irish Affairs - Benedict Arnold - To ...
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... character of the Government & the Country so sported with , exposed to so indelible a blot , puts my heart to the Torture . Am I then more of an American than those who drew their first breath on American Ground ? Or what is it that ...
... character of the Government & the Country so sported with , exposed to so indelible a blot , puts my heart to the Torture . Am I then more of an American than those who drew their first breath on American Ground ? Or what is it that ...
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... character of the President to believe that he can be deterr'd from his duty by the clamor or menaces of these city - mobs , but still I agree with you , that their doings shou'd be counteracted by the good people , lest it shou'd be ...
... character of the President to believe that he can be deterr'd from his duty by the clamor or menaces of these city - mobs , but still I agree with you , that their doings shou'd be counteracted by the good people , lest it shou'd be ...
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... character of the op- ponents in Charlestown , especially if Rutledge is appointed Chief Justice , together with the conclusions that will be drawn from the President's conduct , will require more strength and influence to op- pose ...
... character of the op- ponents in Charlestown , especially if Rutledge is appointed Chief Justice , together with the conclusions that will be drawn from the President's conduct , will require more strength and influence to op- pose ...
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... character ill suited to such an appointment , and is not extensive either as to habits or infor- mation . It is also a serious question , whether the Senate at this time ought to be weakened . " 9 After suggesting several names , and ...
... character ill suited to such an appointment , and is not extensive either as to habits or infor- mation . It is also a serious question , whether the Senate at this time ought to be weakened . " 9 After suggesting several names , and ...
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Page 446 - ... all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 43 - As, therefore, it is perfectly clear to my understanding that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty; as the treaty with Great Britain exhibits in itself all the objects requiring legislative provision, and on these the papers called for can throw no light, and as it is essential to the due administration of the Government that the boundaries fixed by the Constitution between the different departments should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution...
Page 39 - Gentlemen of the house of representatives, " With the utmost attention I have considered your resolution of the 24th instant, requesting me to lay before your house, a copy of the instructions to the minister of the United States, who negotiated the treaty with the king of Great Britain, together with the correspondence and other documents relative to that treaty, excepting such of the said papers, as any existing negotiation may render improper to be disclosed.
Page 580 - Constitutional remedy; but, where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy : that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits...
Page 659 - The sentiments I entertain with regard to that object, have been long since in your knowledge, but I could personally have no participation in it, unless patronized by the government of this country. It was my wish that matters had been ripened for a co-operation in the course of this fall on the part of this country. But this can now scarcely be the case.
Page 368 - President Adams wrote to Secretary of State Pickering, "as to be very willing to grant passports to Du Pont de Nemours or any other French philosophers, in the present situation of our country. We have had too many French philosophers already, and I really begin to think, or rather to suspect, that learned academies, not under the immediate inspection and control of government, have disorganized the world, and are incompatible with social order.
Page 581 - That the several States who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.
Page 37 - ... the most sanguine calculations; while every part of the United States displays indications of rapid and various improvement; while we are in the enjoyment of protection and security by mild and wholesome laws, administered by governments founded on the genuine principles of rational liberty, a secure foundation will be laid for accelerating, maturing, and establishing the prosperity of our country if, by treaty and amicable negotiation, all those causes of external discord which heretofore menaced...
Page 659 - But this can now scarcely be the case. The winter, however, may mature the project, and an effectual co-operation by the United States may take place. In this case I shall be happy, in my official station, to be an instrument of so good a work.
Page 34 - Indian neighbors with whom we have been in a state of enmity or misunderstanding, opens a wide field for consoling and gratifying reflections. If by prudence and moderation on every side the extinguishment of all the causes of external discord which have heretofore...