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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... land , and to recognize the love and attachment it yet felt to the mother country , and would feel for ages . " Capt . de Roos thus expresses his opinion on this subject : - " Nothing can be more unfounded than the notion which is gene ...
... land , and to recognize the love and attachment it yet felt to the mother country , and would feel for ages . " Capt . de Roos thus expresses his opinion on this subject : - " Nothing can be more unfounded than the notion which is gene ...
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... land , I have found them as well aware of the utter unfitness and impracticability of a republican govern- ment in England as any sane Englishman . If , however , the article in question be not put for- ward as an ex parte statement ...
... land , I have found them as well aware of the utter unfitness and impracticability of a republican govern- ment in England as any sane Englishman . If , however , the article in question be not put for- ward as an ex parte statement ...
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... at an immense distance , viz . 1st . The " inexhaustible fund of unoccupied land , " preventing the pressure of want ; 2d . " The federal mechanism of its constitution , and the strict limita- tion of the powers of Congress ; " and , 74.
... at an immense distance , viz . 1st . The " inexhaustible fund of unoccupied land , " preventing the pressure of want ; 2d . " The federal mechanism of its constitution , and the strict limita- tion of the powers of Congress ; " and , 74.
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... land , " the time is not far distant , -notwithstanding the " con- servative " elements enumerated by the Quarterly , apparently in full vigour , and likely to continue so , and although this is the best possible sort of govern- ment ...
... land , " the time is not far distant , -notwithstanding the " con- servative " elements enumerated by the Quarterly , apparently in full vigour , and likely to continue so , and although this is the best possible sort of govern- ment ...
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... land , in the very heart of Philadelphia , belonged to him ; and I recol- lect an immense square , in a fine situation for build- ing , in that city , which remained inclosed within high paling , unoccupied and unbuilt upon , and ap ...
... land , in the very heart of Philadelphia , belonged to him ; and I recol- lect an immense square , in a fine situation for build- ing , in that city , which remained inclosed within high paling , unoccupied and unbuilt upon , and ap ...
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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?