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... served with distinction in the Netherlands , securing a loan for the fledgling American government , and in France and England as a commissioner . He had been behind the scenes in the the drafting of the Declaration of Independence ...
... served with distinction in the Netherlands , securing a loan for the fledgling American government , and in France and England as a commissioner . He had been behind the scenes in the the drafting of the Declaration of Independence ...
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United States. Congress. Senate. anniversary of the Declaration of Independence , upon which both had labored fifty years before . The defeat of Adams was a turning point . He had served his country diligently . But it was time to change ...
United States. Congress. Senate. anniversary of the Declaration of Independence , upon which both had labored fifty years before . The defeat of Adams was a turning point . He had served his country diligently . But it was time to change ...
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... elected to the first Congress under the Constitution but his bankruptcy and his curt manner marred his hopes . He needed a job , and sought and won the post of Secretary of the Senate . Among his duties was the keeping of the Journal ...
... elected to the first Congress under the Constitution but his bankruptcy and his curt manner marred his hopes . He needed a job , and sought and won the post of Secretary of the Senate . Among his duties was the keeping of the Journal ...
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... served them well . Fenno moved his Gazette to Philadelphia in April , 1790. Even though its circulation never topped 1400 copies , a quarter of which were distributed gratis , he was supported by Hamilton , who became a regular ...
... served them well . Fenno moved his Gazette to Philadelphia in April , 1790. Even though its circulation never topped 1400 copies , a quarter of which were distributed gratis , he was supported by Hamilton , who became a regular ...
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United States. Congress. Senate. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES ... served to August term , 1799 , when he resigned , after having been ap ... served until his death in 1835 . ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT William ...
United States. Congress. Senate. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES ... served to August term , 1799 , when he resigned , after having been ap ... served until his death in 1835 . ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT William ...
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Seite 16 - Miss., 1928-32; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon.
Seite 152 - It was not then, nor has been since, any objection to it, in my mind, that the executive and senate were not more permanent. Nor have I ever entertained a thought of promoting any alteration in it, but such as the people themselves, in the course of their experience, should see and feel to be necessary or expedient, and by their Representatives in Congress and the state legislatures, according to the constitution itself, adopt and ordain.
Seite 154 - ... destinies of this country, and of my own duties towards it, founded on a knowledge of the moral principles and intellectual improvements of the people, deeply engraven on my mind in early life, and not obscured; but exalted by' experience and age ; and, with humble reverence, I feel it to be my duty to add, if a veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call themselves Christians, and a. fixed resolution to consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations...
Seite 128 - If an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party through artifice or corruption, the government may be the choice of a party for its own ends, not of the nation for the national good. If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror, intrigue, or venality, the government may not be the choice of the American people, but of foreign nations. It may be foreign nations who govern...
Seite 151 - ... precision, in history, and certainly the only ones which the people at large had ever considered. But, reflecting on the striking difference in so many particulars between this country and those where a courier may go from the seat of government to the frontier in a single day, it was then certainly foreseen by some who assisted in Congress at the formation of it that it could not be durable.
Seite 151 - When it was first perceived, in early times, that no middle course for America remained between unlimited submission to a foreign legislature and a total independence of its claims, men of reflection were less apprehensive of danger from the formidable power of fleets and armies they must determine to resist, than from those contests and dissensions which would certainly arise concerning the forms of government to be instituted over the whole and over the parts of this extensive country.
Seite 152 - The existence of such a government as ours, for any length of time, is a full proof of a general dissemination of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people.
Seite 130 - ... an inflexible determination to maintain peace and inviolable faith with all nations, and that system of neutrality and impartiality among the belligerent powers of Europe which has been adopted by this government...
Seite 10 - President discloses sentiments more alarming than the refusal of a minister, because more dangerous to our independence and union, and at the same time studiously marked with indignities towards the government of the United States. It evinces a disposition to separate the people of the United States from the government, to...
Seite 153 - ... points, or their personal attachments; if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations ; if a love of science and letters, and a wish to patronize every rational effort to encourage schools, colleges, universities...