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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... question about them at this day there does not per- haps exist a civilized nation in our common hemisphere , which has not made a particular enumeration of them in some of their treaties under the name of contraband ; from whence it ...
... question about them at this day there does not per- haps exist a civilized nation in our common hemisphere , which has not made a particular enumeration of them in some of their treaties under the name of contraband ; from whence it ...
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... question , I am directed to submit to you , sir , some farther remarks on this subject , in reply to that gentleman's representations . I have formerly stated , that , at the period of issuing this instruction , the situation of France ...
... question , I am directed to submit to you , sir , some farther remarks on this subject , in reply to that gentleman's representations . I have formerly stated , that , at the period of issuing this instruction , the situation of France ...
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... question to enter into an examination of the different definitions , which , as you , sir , well know , have been given of the law of nations , and of the consequent diversity of sentiment that has prevail- ed , as well with respect to ...
... question to enter into an examination of the different definitions , which , as you , sir , well know , have been given of the law of nations , and of the consequent diversity of sentiment that has prevail- ed , as well with respect to ...
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... questions of this kind are entitled to every degree of authority and respect . The only part of Mr. Pinckney's ... question , has been such as that which Mr. Pinckney ap- pears to imagine that this measure on the part of the ...
... questions of this kind are entitled to every degree of authority and respect . The only part of Mr. Pinckney's ... question , has been such as that which Mr. Pinckney ap- pears to imagine that this measure on the part of the ...
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... question of contraband to your second vindication of the instruction , namely , the proba- bility of its successful operation against France . To this end you state , that " at the period of issuing the instruc- tion , the situation of ...
... question of contraband to your second vindication of the instruction , namely , the proba- bility of its successful operation against France . To this end you state , that " at the period of issuing the instruc- tion , the situation of ...
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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...