The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Volumen1Farrand and Nicholas., 1811 |
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... course of exertion which , although less direct and sure than the exer- cise of official authority , may nevertheless , produce the most salutary results . They still lie under engagements of interest and duty which they violate in ...
... course of exertion which , although less direct and sure than the exer- cise of official authority , may nevertheless , produce the most salutary results . They still lie under engagements of interest and duty which they violate in ...
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... course with all the advantages natural and adven- titious which entitled Great Britain to claim preeminence over the most illustrious nations , as well of antiquity as of modern times . We sprung up , indeed , under better auspi- ces ...
... course with all the advantages natural and adven- titious which entitled Great Britain to claim preeminence over the most illustrious nations , as well of antiquity as of modern times . We sprung up , indeed , under better auspi- ces ...
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... course , to a tone of haughty superiority and to an air of over- weening arrogance . Neither in Rome during her most intoxi- cating successes , -nor at the levee of the barbarian Attila , — nor under the dominion of the still more ...
... course , to a tone of haughty superiority and to an air of over- weening arrogance . Neither in Rome during her most intoxi- cating successes , -nor at the levee of the barbarian Attila , — nor under the dominion of the still more ...
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... course and of right , that the active foreign trade of the latter was to cease , and that their ports were to be blockaded when an actual force could be provided for that purpose ; that the field of enterprise for neutral trade was to ...
... course and of right , that the active foreign trade of the latter was to cease , and that their ports were to be blockaded when an actual force could be provided for that purpose ; that the field of enterprise for neutral trade was to ...
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... course of action . The Berlin decree upon a fictitious plea of retaliation , interdicted to neutrals all trade with England and her pos- sessions , and although the efficacy of it was not coextensive with the design , it was in its ...
... course of action . The Berlin decree upon a fictitious plea of retaliation , interdicted to neutrals all trade with England and her pos- sessions , and although the efficacy of it was not coextensive with the design , it was in its ...
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Página 248 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Página 5 - That the President of the United States, be, and he hereby is authorized, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Página 249 - The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion for. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Página 214 - The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their...
Página 212 - It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
Página 396 - I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the first of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade which they have wished to establish, or, that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause then rights to be respected by the English.
Página 239 - The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares.
Página 33 - I have their lordships commands to acquaint you, for his lordship's information, that they have sent orders to commodore Hood not to consider any blockade of those islands as existing, unless in respect of particular ports which may be actually invested, and then not to capture vessels bound to such ports unless they shall previously have been warned not to enter them...
Página 11 - An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Página 190 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.