The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Band 1Farrand and Nicholas., 1811 |
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... port , every incident calculated to promote that object . To many , the destruction of the land of our forefathers would be the most satisfactory of all public events , and in the estimation of not a few , the great modern drama could ...
... port , every incident calculated to promote that object . To many , the destruction of the land of our forefathers would be the most satisfactory of all public events , and in the estimation of not a few , the great modern drama could ...
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... ports of France after having touched in England , but according to the official expositions given of it at the time of its enactment , it went so far as to inter- dict England as a place of destination to neutrals leaving the ports of ...
... ports of France after having touched in England , but according to the official expositions given of it at the time of its enactment , it went so far as to inter- dict England as a place of destination to neutrals leaving the ports of ...
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... ports with cargoes of English merchandise , or English origin , as lawfully seizable by French armed vessels . " 66 If the world were in any other state than the present we would remind the British nation of the following passage from ...
... ports with cargoes of English merchandise , or English origin , as lawfully seizable by French armed vessels . " 66 If the world were in any other state than the present we would remind the British nation of the following passage from ...
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... ports were to be blockaded when an actual force could be provided for that purpose ; that the field of enterprise for neutral trade was to be narrowed , and the number of ports for its reception greatly curtailed . These were the ...
... ports were to be blockaded when an actual force could be provided for that purpose ; that the field of enterprise for neutral trade was to be narrowed , and the number of ports for its reception greatly curtailed . These were the ...
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... ports ; the burning of them at sea , -the boundaries of Louisiana and a host of etceteras . There is a perfect parity of reasoning in the two cases , and a much broader basis of analogy for the British . That which appears to the eyes ...
... ports ; the burning of them at sea , -the boundaries of Louisiana and a host of etceteras . There is a perfect parity of reasoning in the two cases , and a much broader basis of analogy for the British . That which appears to the eyes ...
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Seite 248 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Seite 5 - That the President of the United States, be, and he hereby is authorized, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Seite 249 - The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion for. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Seite 214 - The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their...
Seite 212 - It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
Seite 396 - I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the first of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade which they have wished to establish, or, that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause then rights to be respected by the English.
Seite 239 - The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares.
Seite 33 - I have their lordships commands to acquaint you, for his lordship's information, that they have sent orders to commodore Hood not to consider any blockade of those islands as existing, unless in respect of particular ports which may be actually invested, and then not to capture vessels bound to such ports unless they shall previously have been warned not to enter them...
Seite 11 - An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Seite 190 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.