Old South Leaflets, Volumen6,Temas126-150Franklin, 1788 |
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... interest both of the east and west to open an extensive commerce with South America , and to overleap the Mississippi , they must , and will , remain united for the accomplishment of this object . The western inhabitants are convinced ...
... interest both of the east and west to open an extensive commerce with South America , and to overleap the Mississippi , they must , and will , remain united for the accomplishment of this object . The western inhabitants are convinced ...
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... interest in the plan , thinks as I do , who have lands in that country , the value of which would be enhanced by the adoption of such a measure . More than ten years ago I was struck with the importance of it ; and , despairing of any ...
... interest in the plan , thinks as I do , who have lands in that country , the value of which would be enhanced by the adoption of such a measure . More than ten years ago I was struck with the importance of it ; and , despairing of any ...
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... interest of that place , joined to the short - sighted politics or contracted views of another part of that Assembly , gave Mr. Thomas Johnson , who was a warm promoter of the scheme on the north side of the Potomac , a great deal of ...
... interest of that place , joined to the short - sighted politics or contracted views of another part of that Assembly , gave Mr. Thomas Johnson , who was a warm promoter of the scheme on the north side of the Potomac , a great deal of ...
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... interest in the organization of the Northwest , and his efforts to make the territory the home of freedom , were the sequel of years of activity devoted to the securing of the territory for the United States and the opening of it to ...
... interest in the organization of the Northwest , and his efforts to make the territory the home of freedom , were the sequel of years of activity devoted to the securing of the territory for the United States and the opening of it to ...
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... interest is expressed in a still earlier letter to Washington than that here given . Just before writing this letter to Washington , he had in a letter to Madison , Feb. 20 , 1784 , gone over much the same ground . In this letter ...
... interest is expressed in a still earlier letter to Washington than that here given . Just before writing this letter to Washington , he had in a letter to Madison , Feb. 20 , 1784 , gone over much the same ground . In this letter ...
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Página 43 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...
Página 71 - We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts. From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank; the English lose all exclusive influence in the affairs of America.
Página 180 - ... shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may, from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country.
Página 180 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Página 25 - ... to be apportioned on them by Congress according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...
Página 181 - When this convention shall have been duly ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the one part, and on the other by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within three months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible.
Página 87 - The United States will cause satisfaction to be made for the injuries, if any, which, by process of law, shall be established to have been suffered by the Spanish officers, and individual Spanish inhabitants, by the late operations of the American army in Florida.
Página 25 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Página 46 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 25 - The said Territory and the States which may be formed therein shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America...