The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: 1795-1799G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - Legislators |
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... tion of the first volume . Others are reports of conferences with Lord Grenville , one in particular in reference to the difficulties which arose in the Commission under the seventh article of the Treaty with Great Britain , and which ...
... tion of the first volume . Others are reports of conferences with Lord Grenville , one in particular in reference to the difficulties which arose in the Commission under the seventh article of the Treaty with Great Britain , and which ...
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... tion of the American Government • • 509 CHAPTER XXXII . King to Secretary of State - Neapolitans beaten in every Quarter - Union of Great Britain and Ireland considered - To General Maitland - His Mission should be no Misunderstanding ...
... tion of the American Government • • 509 CHAPTER XXXII . King to Secretary of State - Neapolitans beaten in every Quarter - Union of Great Britain and Ireland considered - To General Maitland - His Mission should be no Misunderstanding ...
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... tion before his departure from England . There is however noth- ing in his Letters , and nothing as I believe on good grounds , in any Letters which have been written from this Country which can countenance an opinion , that Mr. Jay ...
... tion before his departure from England . There is however noth- ing in his Letters , and nothing as I believe on good grounds , in any Letters which have been written from this Country which can countenance an opinion , that Mr. Jay ...
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... tion of individuals , that the subject is pretty well understood and its friends increased in a corresponding degree . I am however very glad to see the systematic & able defence setting up in your city & shall take measures to extend ...
... tion of individuals , that the subject is pretty well understood and its friends increased in a corresponding degree . I am however very glad to see the systematic & able defence setting up in your city & shall take measures to extend ...
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... tion . That I wished no longer to keep him in suspense , and that I would accept the office of Secretary of State . I would continue my attention to both Departments ( War & State ) , if that of War could be filled to his satisfaction ...
... tion . That I wished no longer to keep him in suspense , and that I would accept the office of Secretary of State . I would continue my attention to both Departments ( War & State ) , if that of War could be filled to his satisfaction ...
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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...