The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: CorrespondenceH. W. Derby, 1859 |
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... taken time ere this to have con- sidered the observations of Mr. Young , could I at this place have done it in such a way as would satisfy either him or myself . When I wrote the notes of the last year , I had never before thought of ...
... taken time ere this to have con- sidered the observations of Mr. Young , could I at this place have done it in such a way as would satisfy either him or myself . When I wrote the notes of the last year , I had never before thought of ...
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... taken countervail- ing measures . But the truth is , we have not done it . We wish- ed to give a fair chance to the negotiation going on , and thought it but common candor to leave things in statu quo , to make no innovation pending the ...
... taken countervail- ing measures . But the truth is , we have not done it . We wish- ed to give a fair chance to the negotiation going on , and thought it but common candor to leave things in statu quo , to make no innovation pending the ...
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... taken within our bays . There , foreigners as well as natives are liable to punishment . Some were committed in the high seas . There , as the sea is a com- mon jurisdiction to all nations , and divided by persons , each hav- ing a ...
... taken within our bays . There , foreigners as well as natives are liable to punishment . Some were committed in the high seas . There , as the sea is a com- mon jurisdiction to all nations , and divided by persons , each hav- ing a ...
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... taken place before our citizens might have reflected on the case , only two were prosecuted , merely to satisfy the complaint made , and to serve as a warning to others . But others having attempted to arm another vessel in New York ...
... taken place before our citizens might have reflected on the case , only two were prosecuted , merely to satisfy the complaint made , and to serve as a warning to others . But others having attempted to arm another vessel in New York ...
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... taken up as great ones , some on suggestions contrary to our knowledge of things , yet treated as if true on very inconclusive evidence , and presented to view as rendering our peace very problematical , indicated a determination to ...
... taken up as great ones , some on suggestions contrary to our knowledge of things , yet treated as if true on very inconclusive evidence , and presented to view as rendering our peace very problematical , indicated a determination to ...
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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.