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Page 146
... France was not moved by generosity or sympathy in entering into the treaties , or in fulfilling them . Sir , a nation whose pride can condescend so far as to receive benefits , vindicates itself fully by the exercise of unquestioning ...
... France was not moved by generosity or sympathy in entering into the treaties , or in fulfilling them . Sir , a nation whose pride can condescend so far as to receive benefits , vindicates itself fully by the exercise of unquestioning ...
Page 150
... France and the United States equally , unforeseen and imperious , prevented the United States from even undertaking to perform their compact with France , in the way stipulated in a particular emergency . But the circumstances creating ...
... France and the United States equally , unforeseen and imperious , prevented the United States from even undertaking to perform their compact with France , in the way stipulated in a particular emergency . But the circumstances creating ...
Page 152
... France never declared war against the United States , and equally so that the United States never de- clared war against France . There were hostilities between them , but hostilities are not always war . The statute book of the United ...
... France never declared war against the United States , and equally so that the United States never de- clared war against France . There were hostilities between them , but hostilities are not always war . The statute book of the United ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
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