Remarks on the Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States: With Some Observations on the Ecclesiastical System of America, Her Sources of Revenue, &c. To which are Added Statistical Tables, &cJ. Rodwell, 1832 - 208 Seiten |
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... facts which , in my mind , produced a con- viction that the probabilities of success to the " great experiment " now in progress in the Trans - atlantic Republic were not to be measured by a scale formed from the circumstances of our ...
... facts which , in my mind , produced a con- viction that the probabilities of success to the " great experiment " now in progress in the Trans - atlantic Republic were not to be measured by a scale formed from the circumstances of our ...
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... - portance that is in fact so little known in Europe generally . No better proof can be wanting of this ignorance in our own country , on the subject of B America , than the conflicting and contradictory opinions and reports.
... - portance that is in fact so little known in Europe generally . No better proof can be wanting of this ignorance in our own country , on the subject of B America , than the conflicting and contradictory opinions and reports.
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... notwithstanding the frequent contradictions from facts and practical results to which they are continually subjected . It would be difficult otherwise to account for the erroneous views that are so often taken of the American 6.
... notwithstanding the frequent contradictions from facts and practical results to which they are continually subjected . It would be difficult otherwise to account for the erroneous views that are so often taken of the American 6.
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... facts to dispel . First , as to the warlike propensities attributed to Republican Governments , it is evident that the institutions of the United States are not obnoxious to an accusation founded upon a supposed resem- blance between ...
... facts to dispel . First , as to the warlike propensities attributed to Republican Governments , it is evident that the institutions of the United States are not obnoxious to an accusation founded upon a supposed resem- blance between ...
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... fact , the ballot is , in a thousand instances , not resorted to in the United States ; on the contrary , a display of the sentiments of the voters is made as much as in this country ; and the order that prevails is less surprising ...
... fact , the ballot is , in a thousand instances , not resorted to in the United States ; on the contrary , a display of the sentiments of the voters is made as much as in this country ; and the order that prevails is less surprising ...
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Seite 24 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Seite 25 - Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy.
Seite 25 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Seite 26 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Seite 37 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Seite 136 - An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory...
Seite 137 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.
Seite 37 - And it shall have exclusively all such jurisdiction of suits or proceedings against ambassadors or other public ministers, or their domestics or domestic servants, as a court of law can have consistently with the law of nations; and original but not exclusive jurisdiction of all suits brought by ambassadors or other public ministers, or in which a consul or vice-consul is a party.
Seite 26 - ... facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Seite 27 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?