The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1819 |
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... communications and explanations . Evening of Feb 5 . He brought Mr. Erskine with him . The conversation was free . The tenor of a suitable proclamation disclosed , and the terms he meant to offer , viz : recall of Admiral Berkley ...
... communications and explanations . Evening of Feb 5 . He brought Mr. Erskine with him . The conversation was free . The tenor of a suitable proclamation disclosed , and the terms he meant to offer , viz : recall of Admiral Berkley ...
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... communications . If a precise & cate- gorical preliminary shuts the door agst all chance and prospect , delay is fruitless . But if door not shut , it will be agreeable to find that the con- sequences of a failure , are not suspended on ...
... communications . If a precise & cate- gorical preliminary shuts the door agst all chance and prospect , delay is fruitless . But if door not shut , it will be agreeable to find that the con- sequences of a failure , are not suspended on ...
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... communications by Dr. Bullus were duly delivered on the day of The same conveyance brought a copy of the sentence pronounced by the French prize Court in the case of the Horizon , giving a judicial effect to the Decree of Nov. 21 , 1806 ...
... communications by Dr. Bullus were duly delivered on the day of The same conveyance brought a copy of the sentence pronounced by the French prize Court in the case of the Horizon , giving a judicial effect to the Decree of Nov. 21 , 1806 ...
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... communication was accompanied with as- surances that much regret was felt by his Brittanic Majesty at the necessity which the conduct of his enemy had created for measures so embarrassing to neutral commerce , and that His Majesty would ...
... communication was accompanied with as- surances that much regret was felt by his Brittanic Majesty at the necessity which the conduct of his enemy had created for measures so embarrassing to neutral commerce , and that His Majesty would ...
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... communication , and particularly to have touched some other points in your last letters . But I find my health scarcely equal ... communications equally ample and agreeable . The inclosed copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to me ...
... communication , and particularly to have touched some other points in your last letters . But I find my health scarcely equal ... communications equally ample and agreeable . The inclosed copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to me ...
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Seite 193 - ... have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations, against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral vessels, in a situation where no laws can operate, but the law of nations, and the laws of the country to which the vessels belong...
Seite 194 - They hover over and harass our entering and departing commerce. To the most insulting pretensions they have added the most lawless proceedings in our very harbors, and have wantonly spilt American blood within the sanctuary of our territorial jurisdiction.
Seite 239 - ... sense, and the manly spirit of our fellow-citizens are pledges for the cheerfulness with which they will bear each his share of the common burden. To render the war short and its success sure, animated and systematic exertions alone are necessary, and the success of our arms now may long preserve our country from the necessity of another resort to them. Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights on one element. If the...
Seite 70 - I have it in express charge from the president to state, that while he forbears to insist on a further punishment of the offending officer, he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such an example, nor the less persuaded that it would best comport with what is due from his Britannic majesty to his own honor.
Seite 50 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Seite 133 - Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education of poor children of the same, an authority which, being altogether superfluous if the provision is to be the result of pious charity, would be a precedent for giving to religious societies as such a legal agency in carrying into effect a public and civil duty.
Seite 127 - While it is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people, and while it is evident that the means of diffusing and improving useful knowledge...
Seite 200 - Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations, and these accumulating wrongs ; or, opposing force to force in defence of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of events...
Seite 200 - Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations and these accumulating wrongs, or, opposing force to force in defense of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of Events, avoiding all connections which might entangle it in the contest or views of other powers, and preserving a constant readiness to concur in an honorable reestablishment of peace and friendship, is a solemn question which the Constitution wisely...