Life of Alexander Hamilton: A History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in His Writings and in Those of His Contemporaries, Volume 7Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879 |
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... event , which the Democratic press had predicted , occurred . In the infancy of their power the Directory of France clothed their energy with an affected moderation . Whilst stimulating by every incentive the military ardor of the ...
... event , which the Democratic press had predicted , occurred . In the infancy of their power the Directory of France clothed their energy with an affected moderation . Whilst stimulating by every incentive the military ardor of the ...
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... people ; and are willing to temporize ' until the event of the election of President is known . " " 66 Ten days elapsed without any further communication . Complaints by American citizens in France of the want of 8 [ 1797 THE REPUBLIC .
... people ; and are willing to temporize ' until the event of the election of President is known . " " 66 Ten days elapsed without any further communication . Complaints by American citizens in France of the want of 8 [ 1797 THE REPUBLIC .
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... events our trade must have protection . For our whole mercantile capital will else be destroyed- our seamen lost , and our country involved in extreme distress . As to a provisional army , I reason thus ; -No plan of a militia which is ...
... events our trade must have protection . For our whole mercantile capital will else be destroyed- our seamen lost , and our country involved in extreme distress . As to a provisional army , I reason thus ; -No plan of a militia which is ...
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... proceed on so small a minority . The first unfavorable event , and even the neces- sary taxes would restore preponderance to the scale of peace . " He then suggests a land tax , contingent on State quotas 36 [ 1797 . THE REPUBLIC .
... proceed on so small a minority . The first unfavorable event , and even the neces- sary taxes would restore preponderance to the scale of peace . " He then suggests a land tax , contingent on State quotas 36 [ 1797 . THE REPUBLIC .
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... events without emotion . wrote at this time to the Secretary of the Treasury : " The President has , in my opinion , placed matters on their true ... event now occurred which had an important in- fluence 1797 . ET . 40. ] 39 HAMILTON .
... events without emotion . wrote at this time to the Secretary of the Treasury : " The President has , in my opinion , placed matters on their true ... event now occurred which had an important in- fluence 1797 . ET . 40. ] 39 HAMILTON .
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Page 263 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 833 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 472 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Page 473 - ... freedom of religion ; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus ; and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 157 - I will never send another minister to France without assurances that he will be received, respected, and honored as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and independent nation.
Page 835 - To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new life; have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of his death; and be in charity with all men.
Page 472 - ... militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 290 - I am for relying, for internal defence, on our militia solely, till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as may protect our coasts and harbors from such depredations as we have experienced; and not for a standing army in time of peace, which may overawe the public sentiment; nor for a navy, which, by its own expenses and the eternal wars in which it will implicate us, will grind us with public burthens, and sink us under them.
Page 472 - We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 472 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them...