Mississippi Question: Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on Certain Resolutions Concerning the Violation of the Right of Deposit in the Island of New OrleansW. Duane, 1803 - 198 páginas |
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... course of oppression and hostility , without provocation and without apology , he knew but one course we could take which promised complete redress of our wrongs : experience had proved , that compact was no secu- rity , the Spaniards ...
... course of oppression and hostility , without provocation and without apology , he knew but one course we could take which promised complete redress of our wrongs : experience had proved , that compact was no secu- rity , the Spaniards ...
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... course pursued by the gentleman upon this occasion was altogether new and extraordinary . I presume , said he , that the gentleman expects to derive some advantage from the adoption of this course . If so , he is quite welcome to any ...
... course pursued by the gentleman upon this occasion was altogether new and extraordinary . I presume , said he , that the gentleman expects to derive some advantage from the adoption of this course . If so , he is quite welcome to any ...
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... course any civi- lized nation who respects her character or rights , would pursue ? There is but one course , which is admitted by writers on the laws of nations , as the proper one ; and is thus described by Vattell , in his book , sec ...
... course any civi- lized nation who respects her character or rights , would pursue ? There is but one course , which is admitted by writers on the laws of nations , as the proper one ; and is thus described by Vattell , in his book , sec ...
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... course pursued by the President was , in his opinion , the only true and dignified course . It is that , and that only , which will certainly attain the object ; and is the only one which will tend to unite cordially all parts of the ...
... course pursued by the President was , in his opinion , the only true and dignified course . It is that , and that only , which will certainly attain the object ; and is the only one which will tend to unite cordially all parts of the ...
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... course , I shall be the last man to speak disrespectfully of any of the state go- vernments .... I mean not to disparage the conduct of Delaware , and I trust I do not , when I say that New York , which has a greater interest in the ...
... course , I shall be the last man to speak disrespectfully of any of the state go- vernments .... I mean not to disparage the conduct of Delaware , and I trust I do not , when I say that New York , which has a greater interest in the ...
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Página 91 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 92 - The Inhabitants of our Western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head. They have seen, in the Negotiation by the Executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the Senate, of the Treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event, throughout the United States, a...
Página 91 - ... the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest. as one nation. Any other tenure by which the west can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Página 92 - Northern and Southern; Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
Página 91 - ... west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home.
Página 91 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 21 - States, for the space of three years from this time, to deposit their merchandize and effects in the port of New Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and His Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds during that time that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them on another part of the banks of the Mississippi an equivalent...
Página 91 - The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Página 92 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.