History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the United States Government which Led to the War of 1812N. & J. White, 1833 - 447 Seiten |
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... whole body of the people as their civil leader and guide , and the protector of their rights and liberties . No person who is not old enough to remember the feelings of 1789 , can realize the deep emotions of that most interesting ...
... whole body of the people as their civil leader and guide , and the protector of their rights and liberties . No person who is not old enough to remember the feelings of 1789 , can realize the deep emotions of that most interesting ...
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... whole landed interest is republican , and so is a great mass of talents . Against us are the EXECUTIVE , the judiciary , two out of three branches of the legislature , all the officers of the government , all who want to be officers ...
... whole landed interest is republican , and so is a great mass of talents . Against us are the EXECUTIVE , the judiciary , two out of three branches of the legislature , all the officers of the government , all who want to be officers ...
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... whole necessary , and draw me at length into a publication of all ( even the secret ) transactions of the administration , while I was of it ; and embroil me personally with every member of the executive and the judiciary , and with ...
... whole necessary , and draw me at length into a publication of all ( even the secret ) transactions of the administration , while I was of it ; and embroil me personally with every member of the executive and the judiciary , and with ...
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... whole landed interest is re- publican , and so is a great mass of talents . " Now it may be safely said , that no mistake in translation can possibly ac- count for the diversity that appears in these two sentences . Without noticing the ...
... whole landed interest is re- publican , and so is a great mass of talents . " Now it may be safely said , that no mistake in translation can possibly ac- count for the diversity that appears in these two sentences . Without noticing the ...
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... whole of that arduous and distressing conflict , disco- vered military skill and talents of the highest order . Under all circumstances , and in all situations , he manifested the most pure and devoted patriotism ; and after having seen ...
... whole of that arduous and distressing conflict , disco- vered military skill and talents of the highest order . Under all circumstances , and in all situations , he manifested the most pure and devoted patriotism ; and after having seen ...
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Seite 13 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Seite 29 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British government. The main body of our citizens, however, remain true to their republican principles; the whole landed interest is republican, and so is a great mass of talents.
Seite 437 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us, in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 22 - It would give you a fever were I to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England.
Seite 438 - State ; but it shall be the duty of the legislature to adopt such measures and pass such acts as may be necessary to give full effect to this ordinance, and to prevent the enforcement and arrest the operation of the said acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States within the limits of this State...
Seite 79 - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...
Seite 438 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Seite 439 - Legislature excepted,) shall, within such time, and in such manner as the Legislature shall prescribe, take an oath, well and truly to obey, execute and enforce this Ordinance, and such act or acts of the Legislature, as may be passed in pursuance thereof, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and on the neglect or omission of any such person or persons so to do, his or their office or offices shall be forthwith "vacated, and shall be filled up as if such person or persons were dead,...
Seite 213 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Seite 409 - I lay before Congress copies of the treaty of peace and amity between the United States and His Britannic Majesty, which was signed by the commissioners of both parties at Ghent on the 24th of December, 1814, and the ratifications of which have been duly exchanged. While performing this act I congratulate you and our constituents upon an event which is highly honorable to the nation, and terminates with peculiar felicity a campaign signalized by the most brilliant successes.