The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and LiteratureRobert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 |
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... taken in our system . There appears to be a perfect security furnished in the associa- tion of the Senate to the Executive branch in the power of con- cluding treaties . The Senate is a popular body of representa- tives , and the House ...
... taken in our system . There appears to be a perfect security furnished in the associa- tion of the Senate to the Executive branch in the power of con- cluding treaties . The Senate is a popular body of representa- tives , and the House ...
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Robert Walsh. ledge are never more necessary than when the resolution to be taken is of peace or war . After much hesitation , the alliance between France and the United States was at length concluded : But , in giving this pro- vocation ...
Robert Walsh. ledge are never more necessary than when the resolution to be taken is of peace or war . After much hesitation , the alliance between France and the United States was at length concluded : But , in giving this pro- vocation ...
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... taken him as his aid - de - camp , and did not disdain him as a counsellor . While Philadelphia was in the occupation of the British , André contracted ties of friendship with the parents of Mrs. Arnold ; he was received into their ...
... taken him as his aid - de - camp , and did not disdain him as a counsellor . While Philadelphia was in the occupation of the British , André contracted ties of friendship with the parents of Mrs. Arnold ; he was received into their ...
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... to the measures to be taken by the British for the occupation of them , when he Arnold should do his part in opening the way . They presumed that Washington had already reached Hartford , and they were CONSPIRACY OF ARNOLD . 45.
... to the measures to be taken by the British for the occupation of them , when he Arnold should do his part in opening the way . They presumed that Washington had already reached Hartford , and they were CONSPIRACY OF ARNOLD . 45.
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... taken not to wait for the enemy behind the works . He thought the conference with André terminated , but the latter had not yet spoken of another plan at least as important in his eyes as the capture of the fortress . " Washington ...
... taken not to wait for the enemy behind the works . He thought the conference with André terminated , but the latter had not yet spoken of another plan at least as important in his eyes as the capture of the fortress . " Washington ...
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Página iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Página 359 - Congress provided that ... a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision of the suit could be had...
Página 349 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Página 58 - Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Página 349 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 339 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Página 56 - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Página 326 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Página 313 - Cush. 451, it was held, in an action against a town to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective...
Página 337 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.