The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volume 5Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1887 - Presidents |
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... adopted . In fact this timid legislator wrote to Mr. Jefferson that the slower the measure moved the better it would suit his views . And although Mr. Jefferson approved the step and urged speedy action , there is no evidence that his ...
... adopted . In fact this timid legislator wrote to Mr. Jefferson that the slower the measure moved the better it would suit his views . And although Mr. Jefferson approved the step and urged speedy action , there is no evidence that his ...
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... adopted . " It would , perhaps , be a difficult matter to find a trace of genuine statesmanship in these views . Two things most strikingly mark all the letters written by Mr. Monroe at this period , which I have had the privilege and ...
... adopted . " It would , perhaps , be a difficult matter to find a trace of genuine statesmanship in these views . Two things most strikingly mark all the letters written by Mr. Monroe at this period , which I have had the privilege and ...
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... adoption on the promises of its friends to make good the amendments its enemies demanded . On the 2d of June , 1788 , the Virginia Convention met to discuss the Constitution of the United States , then before the thirteen States for ...
... adoption on the promises of its friends to make good the amendments its enemies demanded . On the 2d of June , 1788 , the Virginia Convention met to discuss the Constitution of the United States , then before the thirteen States for ...
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... adoption of this gov- ernment . " What are the powers which the federal government ought to have ? I will draw the line between the powers necessary to be given to the federal , and those which ought to be left to the State governments ...
... adoption of this gov- ernment . " What are the powers which the federal government ought to have ? I will draw the line between the powers necessary to be given to the federal , and those which ought to be left to the State governments ...
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... adoption , holding that it would be beneficial to the whole country , while taking nothing from the Federal Constitution . While opposing most features of the Constitution , he expressed a willingness to waive all other objections if ...
... adoption , holding that it would be beneficial to the whole country , while taking nothing from the Federal Constitution . While opposing most features of the Constitution , he expressed a willingness to waive all other objections if ...
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Page 463 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same ; which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy ; meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Page 462 - The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of the liberty and happiness of their fellow-men on that side of the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 451 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 468 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg, to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.
Page 128 - 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.
Page 384 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas to its source, in latitude 42 degrees north; and thence by that parallel of latitude to the South Sea...
Page 356 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 131 - THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion, mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th...
Page 384 - The adjacent islands dependent on said provinces, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, public edifices, fortifications, barracks, and other buildings, which are not private property, archives and documents, which relate directly to the property and sovereignty of said provinces, are included in this article. The said archives and documents shall be left in possession of the commissaries or officers of the United States, duly authorized to receive them.
Page 387 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.