Remarks on the Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States: With Some Observations on the Ecclesiastical System of America, Her Sources of Revenue, &c. To which are Added Statistical Tables, &cJ. Rodwell, 1832 - 208 pages |
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... budgets · · • 190 Table showing the number of clergymen and churches of dif- ferent denominations in each State of the Union , as far as they have been ascertained • · 194 Table showing the governor's term and salary , the number of ...
... budgets · · • 190 Table showing the number of clergymen and churches of dif- ferent denominations in each State of the Union , as far as they have been ascertained • · 194 Table showing the governor's term and salary , the number of ...
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... budget was under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies , and clearly with a view to influence public opinion on so important a subject , it attracted much attention . General Lafayette , better acquainted with the real nature of the ...
... budget was under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies , and clearly with a view to influence public opinion on so important a subject , it attracted much attention . General Lafayette , better acquainted with the real nature of the ...
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... feelings ) , also answered General Lafayette's appeal by an able comparative statement on the budgets and financial arrangements of the American and French governments . By taking the statements of these gentlemen as a guide 85.
... feelings ) , also answered General Lafayette's appeal by an able comparative statement on the budgets and financial arrangements of the American and French governments . By taking the statements of these gentlemen as a guide 85.
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... budgets of the two countries . He calculates that the annual sum of the whole of the public charges paid by each inhabitant of the United States is thirty - five francs , while in France it is but thirty - one francs . The Quarterly ...
... budgets of the two countries . He calculates that the annual sum of the whole of the public charges paid by each inhabitant of the United States is thirty - five francs , while in France it is but thirty - one francs . The Quarterly ...
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... budgets , in parallel columns , with the corresponding items opposed to each other , so as to enable the reader at a ... budget , given by the general , it will be per- * Vide Appendix . ceived that what is called the department of state ...
... budgets , in parallel columns , with the corresponding items opposed to each other , so as to enable the reader at a ... budget , given by the general , it will be per- * Vide Appendix . ceived that what is called the department of state ...
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Page 24 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 25 - Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy.
Page 25 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 26 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 37 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Page 136 - An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory...
Page 137 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.
Page 37 - And it shall have exclusively all such jurisdiction of suits or proceedings against ambassadors or other public ministers, or their domestics or domestic servants, as a court of law can have consistently with the law of nations; and original but not exclusive jurisdiction of all suits brought by ambassadors or other public ministers, or in which a consul or vice-consul is a party.
Page 26 - ... facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Page 27 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?