The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: CorrespondenceH. W. Derby, 1859 |
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... British gov- ernment . I rather believe they mean to hold themselves up , and be led by events . In the meanwhile Spain is so evidently pick- ing a quarrel with us , that we see a war absolutely inevitable with her . We are making a ...
... British gov- ernment . I rather believe they mean to hold themselves up , and be led by events . In the meanwhile Spain is so evidently pick- ing a quarrel with us , that we see a war absolutely inevitable with her . We are making a ...
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... British government , while it prevailed here , practised the giving medals , gorgets , and bracelets to the savages , invariably . We have con- tinued it , and we did imagine , without pretending to know , that Spain also did it . 5. We ...
... British government , while it prevailed here , practised the giving medals , gorgets , and bracelets to the savages , invariably . We have con- tinued it , and we did imagine , without pretending to know , that Spain also did it . 5. We ...
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... States , on board merchant vessels of the United States , with slaves and merchandise , of their property , these vessels were stopped by British armed ves- sels and their property taken out as lawful prize , CORRESPONDENCE . 23.
... States , on board merchant vessels of the United States , with slaves and merchandise , of their property , these vessels were stopped by British armed ves- sels and their property taken out as lawful prize , CORRESPONDENCE . 23.
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... British vessel , which was taken by the French frigate l'Ambus- cade and brought into this port , when I reclaimed the cargo it was only on the ground that they were ignorant of the declara- tion of war when it was shipped . You ...
... British vessel , which was taken by the French frigate l'Ambus- cade and brought into this port , when I reclaimed the cargo it was only on the ground that they were ignorant of the declara- tion of war when it was shipped . You ...
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... British minister presented several memorials thereon , to which we gave the answer of May the 15th , heretofore enclosed to you , corresponding in substance with a letter of the same date . written to Mr. Ternant , the minister of ...
... British minister presented several memorials thereon , to which we gave the answer of May the 15th , heretofore enclosed to you , corresponding in substance with a letter of the same date . written to Mr. Ternant , the minister of ...
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Page 326 - I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Page 408 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 140 - ... the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England. In short, we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils. But we shall preserve it; and our mass of weight and wealth on the good side is so great, as to leave no danger that force will ever be attempted against us. We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during the first sleep which succeeded our labors.
Page 479 - Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, is made a part of the United States ; its white inhabitants shall be citizens, and stand, as to their rights and obligations, on the same footing with other citizens of the United States, in analogous situations.
Page 429 - If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Page 140 - Congress have risen," writes he. "You will have seen by their proceedings the truth of what I always observed to you, that one man outweighs them all in the influence over the people, who have supported his judgment against their own and that of their representatives. Republicanism must lie on its oars, resign the vessel to its pilot, and themselves to what course he thinks best for them.
Page 244 - But if on a temporary superiority of the one party, the other is to resort to a scission of the Union, no federal government can ever exist.
Page 476 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union.
Page 245 - Pennsylvania and a Virginia party arise in the residuary confederacy, and the public mind will be distracted with the same party spirit. What a game, too, will the one party have in their hands by eternally threatening the other that unless they do so and so they will join their Northern neighbors ? If we reduce our Union to Virginia and North Carolina, immediately the conflict will be established between the representatives of these two states, and they will end by breaking into their simple units.
Page 407 - On this subject the Secretary of State has written to you fully, yet I cannot forbear recurring to it personally, so deep is the impression it makes on my mind.