The History of the United States of America, Volume 4Harper, 1849 |
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... Claims and Grants ... Seat of Government ; College .. New Constitution of South Carolina . New Constitution of Pennsylvania Wyoming Controversy .. Political Insignificance of Pennsylvania Influence and Efforts of the Quakers . American ...
... Claims and Grants ... Seat of Government ; College .. New Constitution of South Carolina . New Constitution of Pennsylvania Wyoming Controversy .. Political Insignificance of Pennsylvania Influence and Efforts of the Quakers . American ...
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... CLAIMS . ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT . CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY , DELA- WARE , AND NEW HAMPSHIRE . Washington's Southern Tour The new Federal City ..... Organization of the National Bank . 278 278 279 Page Arrival of a British Minister ...
... CLAIMS . ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT . CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY , DELA- WARE , AND NEW HAMPSHIRE . Washington's Southern Tour The new Federal City ..... Organization of the National Bank . 278 278 279 Page Arrival of a British Minister ...
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... claimed and exercised . 440 Conduct of the Colonial Prize Courts . ..... 441 Impressment ; Outrages on American Seamen ..... 442 Failure of the Negotiation with the Northwestern Indians . 443 Wayne's Winter Quarters ... 444 Cherokee War ...
... claimed and exercised . 440 Conduct of the Colonial Prize Courts . ..... 441 Impressment ; Outrages on American Seamen ..... 442 Failure of the Negotiation with the Northwestern Indians . 443 Wayne's Winter Quarters ... 444 Cherokee War ...
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... Claims ... 523 President's Speech ... 523 Answer of the Senate .... 524 Debate in the House on Democratic Societies . . 525 Madison's attempted Amendment of the Address . 528 Expenses of the Insurrection . . . . . 528 Dissatisfaction of ...
... Claims ... 523 President's Speech ... 523 Answer of the Senate .... 524 Debate in the House on Democratic Societies . . 525 Madison's attempted Amendment of the Address . 528 Expenses of the Insurrection . . . . . 528 Dissatisfaction of ...
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... Claims lodged with Monroe 656 657 His unauthorized Concessions ; is rebuked therefor ..... His Encouragement of an American Loan to France ... 658 Acts and Promises of the French Government ; Jay's Treaty 659 Monroe's Attempt to draw ...
... Claims lodged with Monroe 656 657 His unauthorized Concessions ; is rebuked therefor ..... His Encouragement of an American Loan to France ... 658 Acts and Promises of the French Government ; Jay's Treaty 659 Monroe's Attempt to draw ...
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Page 678 - ... constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion...
Page 267 - I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the rewarder of the good and the punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration...
Page 174 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Page 609 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.
Page 580 - As, therefore, it is perfectly clear to my understanding, that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty ; as the treaty with Great Britain exhibits, in itself, all the objects requiring legislative provision, and on these the papers called for can throw no light ; and as it is essential to the due administration of the government, that the boundaries, fixed by the constitution between the different departments, should be preserved; a just regard to the...
Page 57 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and unpracticed in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.
Page 357 - I was duped into by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.
Page 198 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 358 - I acknowledge and avow; and this was not merely a speculative difference. His system flowed from principles adverse to liberty, and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic, by creating an influence of his department over members of the legislature.
Page 176 - ... devise means for removing this inconsistency from the character of the American people...