State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency: Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations Since that Time ...Thomas B. Wait, 1817 |
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... force , have fallen into the hands of their cruisers ? Lord Grenville answered , that the order of the 6th No- vember was intended to be temporary , and calculated to answer two purposes ; one was to prevent the abuses which might take ...
... force , have fallen into the hands of their cruisers ? Lord Grenville answered , that the order of the 6th No- vember was intended to be temporary , and calculated to answer two purposes ; one was to prevent the abuses which might take ...
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... force of arms , has not been invented by France , and that it would be as unjust as barbarous to require that she should allow provisions to pass to her enemies , while those destined for her are taken by them . As to the embargo on ...
... force of arms , has not been invented by France , and that it would be as unjust as barbarous to require that she should allow provisions to pass to her enemies , while those destined for her are taken by them . As to the embargo on ...
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... force , and every nation is under an obligation to abandon it ; nothing being able to oblige or permit a nation to violate a natural law . " Although the United States be without the European circle , they not only have a frequent ...
... force , and every nation is under an obligation to abandon it ; nothing being able to oblige or permit a nation to violate a natural law . " Although the United States be without the European circle , they not only have a frequent ...
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... force of the belli- gerent parties . But Martens obviates such a consequence by observing , that " these declarations are not so much laws , as notices or warnings . " The law is , therefore , to be sought for elsewhere than in those ...
... force of the belli- gerent parties . But Martens obviates such a consequence by observing , that " these declarations are not so much laws , as notices or warnings . " The law is , therefore , to be sought for elsewhere than in those ...
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... force of a nation , against its will , to objects of hostility , is an inva- sion of its dignity , its tranquillity , and even safety . Upon no principle can the individuals , on whom such guilt shall be fixed , bid the government to ...
... force of a nation , against its will , to objects of hostility , is an inva- sion of its dignity , its tranquillity , and even safety . Upon no principle can the individuals , on whom such guilt shall be fixed , bid the government to ...
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Seite 167 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Seite 46 - That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Seite 110 - Among the means, which have been employed to this end, none have been attended with greater success than the establishment of boards, composed of proper characters, charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Seite 111 - The institution of a military academy is also recommended by cogent reasons. However pacific the general policy of a nation may be, it ought never to be without an adequate stock of military knowledge for emergencies.
Seite 257 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war of either party, and privateers, freely to carry whithersoever they please, the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any duty to the officers of the admiralty or any other judges ; nor shall such prizes be arrested or seized...
Seite 111 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Seite 103 - The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy; and even when brought to a conclusion a full disclosure of all the measures, demands, or eventual concessions which may have been proposed or contemplated would be extremely impolitic ; for this might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations, or produce immediate inconveniences, perhaps danger and mischief, in relation to other powers.
Seite 215 - As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those, powers, with whom the United States have the most extensive relations, there was reason to apprehend, that our intercourse with them might be interrupted, and our disposition for peace drawn into question, by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
Seite 113 - The situation in which I now stand, for the last time, in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country, on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and Sovereign Arbiter of Nations, that his providential care may still be extended to the United States...
Seite 46 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...