Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America ; of Their Governments, Laws, Politics, and Resources ; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men ; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People : Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Volume 12Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 - United States |
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Page 96
... French have so greatly improved . This moveable property was generally seized by armed ruffians , sent by the Committee of Safety , ( another institution which the French have borrowed from the Americans , ) who gene- rally accompanied ...
... French have so greatly improved . This moveable property was generally seized by armed ruffians , sent by the Committee of Safety , ( another institution which the French have borrowed from the Americans , ) who gene- rally accompanied ...
Page 99
... French have borrowed from them ) of Pennsylvania , of which Thomas Wharton , jun . was president , George Bryan , vice - president , and Timothy Matlack , se- cretary , issued an order to arrest all persons who had , in their general ...
... French have borrowed from them ) of Pennsylvania , of which Thomas Wharton , jun . was president , George Bryan , vice - president , and Timothy Matlack , se- cretary , issued an order to arrest all persons who had , in their general ...
Page 131
... French majority in the lower House of Congress , he will find a Senate that will not easily yield to his measures . This Senate has a con- current voice in all his promotions ; and he can make no treaty without their advice and consent ...
... French majority in the lower House of Congress , he will find a Senate that will not easily yield to his measures . This Senate has a con- current voice in all his promotions ; and he can make no treaty without their advice and consent ...
Page 135
... prominent acts of the present ❝ administration , we may enumerate our connex- ions , by expensive agencies , & c , with foreign " courts . K 4 " Unde- 66 " Undefined hostilities with the French Republic . " 1 ELECTION , 135.
... prominent acts of the present ❝ administration , we may enumerate our connex- ions , by expensive agencies , & c , with foreign " courts . K 4 " Unde- 66 " Undefined hostilities with the French Republic . " 1 ELECTION , 135.
Page 141
... French , which the new Convention will bring among them , tend to make them bear that loss with better temper . The Northern Confe- deracy , if it should actually produce hostilities , will find no aid from the Americans , who will , on ...
... French , which the new Convention will bring among them , tend to make them bear that loss with better temper . The Northern Confe- deracy , if it should actually produce hostilities , will find no aid from the Americans , who will , on ...
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