The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index, Band 2Gales and Seaton, 1854 |
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... practice of impressment . Gentlemen here lay great stress on what they are pleased to call the necessity of Great Britain's exercising this practice in order to secure her maritime power , which power , they say , is ne- cessary to ...
... practice of impressment . Gentlemen here lay great stress on what they are pleased to call the necessity of Great Britain's exercising this practice in order to secure her maritime power , which power , they say , is ne- cessary to ...
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... practice of impressment been always urged as an intolerable injury by the Adminis- trations of Washington , Adams , and Jefferson too , as well as the present ? General Washington , twenty years ago , declared that it was an outrage not ...
... practice of impressment been always urged as an intolerable injury by the Adminis- trations of Washington , Adams , and Jefferson too , as well as the present ? General Washington , twenty years ago , declared that it was an outrage not ...
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... practice of all the States of Europe , exercised by each , assented to zens ; but there are others who infest the seaport towns and wear our privileges to hide their foreign connexions , who are a pest to society and a curse to the ...
... practice of all the States of Europe , exercised by each , assented to zens ; but there are others who infest the seaport towns and wear our privileges to hide their foreign connexions , who are a pest to society and a curse to the ...
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... practice , the gen- tleman ( Mr. SHEFFEY ) tells us impressment is only the abuse of the usage ( I really apprehended he would say the right ) of Great Britain , long established . Sir , I deny that the practice is of ancient date , and ...
... practice , the gen- tleman ( Mr. SHEFFEY ) tells us impressment is only the abuse of the usage ( I really apprehended he would say the right ) of Great Britain , long established . Sir , I deny that the practice is of ancient date , and ...
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... practice instead of protecting our citizens by the national of impressment . " ( I quote the correspondence arm , we should have feed the lawyers who prac- from memory , but I know that I quote it substan- tice in their Inns of Court to ...
... practice instead of protecting our citizens by the national of impressment . " ( I quote the correspondence arm , we should have feed the lawyers who prac- from memory , but I know that I quote it substan- tice in their Inns of Court to ...
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Seite 1533 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Seite 1573 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Seite 1581 - Any person who shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any...
Seite 1573 - By a faction I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Seite 1573 - The inference to which we are brought is, that the causes of faction cannot be removed, and that relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects.
Seite 1871 - I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me on the 24th of this month.
Seite 1767 - ... shall, at the time of entering his appearance in such state court, file a petition for the removal of the cause for trial into the next circuit court, to be held in the district where the suit is pending, and offer good and sufficient surety for his entering, in such court, on the first day of its session, copies of said process against him...
Seite 2055 - An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States;" and the several acts supplementary thereto, and for other purposes, passed the 25th April, 1808.
Seite 1467 - ... on a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions, which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism.
Seite 1547 - I believe it cannot be doubted, but that by the general law of nations, the goods of a friend found in the vessel of an enemy are free, and the goods of an enemy found in the vessel of a friend are lawful prize.