State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency: Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations Since that Time ...Thomas B. Wait, 1817 - United States |
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... course Speech opening Congress , Dec. 8 , 1795 Message , Dec. 21 , 1795 , relative to treaty with Mo- rocco Message , Jan. 4 , 1796 , transmitting address from French minister , presenting colours of France ; and President's reply ...
... course Speech opening Congress , Dec. 8 , 1795 Message , Dec. 21 , 1795 , relative to treaty with Mo- rocco Message , Jan. 4 , 1796 , transmitting address from French minister , presenting colours of France ; and President's reply ...
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... course , said nothing of our internal affairs , nor of those of France . I as- sured him , however , that our government had been per- fectly sincere in every measure relating to our neutrality ; that they adopted it from a conviction ...
... course , said nothing of our internal affairs , nor of those of France . I as- sured him , however , that our government had been per- fectly sincere in every measure relating to our neutrality ; that they adopted it from a conviction ...
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... course . But it is notorious that the conduct of the actual- ly ruling party of France with relation to provisions the property of a neutral power , both previously ( as it is in- deed declared in the decree of the National Convention ...
... course . But it is notorious that the conduct of the actual- ly ruling party of France with relation to provisions the property of a neutral power , both previously ( as it is in- deed declared in the decree of the National Convention ...
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... course of their commerce , upon the vague suspicion , that the ruling power of France is gather- ing supplies under their names , as you seem to intimate , is to humiliate and to punish . Vattel remains to be examined . " Commodities ...
... course of their commerce , upon the vague suspicion , that the ruling power of France is gather- ing supplies under their names , as you seem to intimate , is to humiliate and to punish . Vattel remains to be examined . " Commodities ...
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... course of the present war , as well as the peace which has preceded it . " Reluctant as I am to kindle fresh contests , this topick will not at present be dilated . But surely to exact the last iota of a right awakens an unsocial ...
... course of the present war , as well as the peace which has preceded it . " Reluctant as I am to kindle fresh contests , this topick will not at present be dilated . But surely to exact the last iota of a right awakens an unsocial ...
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Page 167 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 46 - That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 110 - Among the means, which have been employed to this end, none have been attended with greater success than the establishment of boards, composed of proper characters, charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Page 111 - The institution of a military academy is also recommended by cogent reasons. However pacific the general policy of a nation may be, it ought never to be without an adequate stock of military knowledge for emergencies.
Page 257 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war of either party, and privateers, freely to carry whithersoever they please, the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any duty to the officers of the admiralty or any other judges ; nor shall such prizes be arrested or seized...
Page 111 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Page 103 - The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy; and even when brought to a conclusion a full disclosure of all the measures, demands, or eventual concessions which may have been proposed or contemplated would be extremely impolitic ; for this might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations, or produce immediate inconveniences, perhaps danger and mischief, in relation to other powers.
Page 215 - As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those, powers, with whom the United States have the most extensive relations, there was reason to apprehend, that our intercourse with them might be interrupted, and our disposition for peace drawn into question, by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
Page 113 - The situation in which I now stand, for the last time, in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country, on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and Sovereign Arbiter of Nations, that his providential care may still be extended to the United States...
Page 46 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...