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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... law of nature and nations , we are clearly authorised to employ force for our redress in such a case as this .... That we have a just right to take such mea- sures as will prevent a repetition of the mischief , and afford ample security ...
... law of nature and nations , we are clearly authorised to employ force for our redress in such a case as this .... That we have a just right to take such mea- sures as will prevent a repetition of the mischief , and afford ample security ...
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... law of the land , after it had been ratified by both nations , and become obli- gatory upon the faith and honor of each ; who could have thought otherwise ? Yet , sir , it has happened otherwise .... This place of deposit at New Orleans ...
... law of the land , after it had been ratified by both nations , and become obli- gatory upon the faith and honor of each ; who could have thought otherwise ? Yet , sir , it has happened otherwise .... This place of deposit at New Orleans ...
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... law of nations , with fifty million of people , and the resources of Europe at his command , will be a foe not easily vanquished ; and I repeat sir , let him only set his foot on that shore , let him but plant a single standard there ...
... law of nations , with fifty million of people , and the resources of Europe at his command , will be a foe not easily vanquished ; and I repeat sir , let him only set his foot on that shore , let him but plant a single standard there ...
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... nations . A demand of redress before the application of force has been almost uniformly practised by the most ... law and the sense of nations demand this course ? What is it , but an appeal to the intuitive sense of right and ...
... nations . A demand of redress before the application of force has been almost uniformly practised by the most ... law and the sense of nations demand this course ? What is it , but an appeal to the intuitive sense of right and ...
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... laws of nations . Sir , The going to war has always been considered , even among barbarous nations , a most serious thing ; and it has not been undertaken without the most serious deliberation . It was a practice among the Romans ...
... laws of nations . Sir , The going to war has always been considered , even among barbarous nations , a most serious thing ; and it has not been undertaken without the most serious deliberation . It was a practice among the Romans ...
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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.