The Olive Branch, Or, Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic: A Serious Appeal on the Necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and HarmonyJ. Foster, 1817 - 458 páginas |
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... consequences to society . I am not to be told , that there are many papers devoted to the defence of the government as well as to run it down . This I well know ; but this does not remove the difficulty . Such is the folly of the times ...
... consequences to society . I am not to be told , that there are many papers devoted to the defence of the government as well as to run it down . This I well know ; but this does not remove the difficulty . Such is the folly of the times ...
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... consequences of the unholy and deleterious spirit of faction . Men , originally of the purest hearts and best intentions , are by this ignis fatuus , gradually corrupted , and led step by step to unite in acts at which , they would , at ...
... consequences of the unholy and deleterious spirit of faction . Men , originally of the purest hearts and best intentions , are by this ignis fatuus , gradually corrupted , and led step by step to unite in acts at which , they would , at ...
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... consequences . The nation is divided into two hostile parties , whose animosi- ty towards each other is daily increased by inflamatory pub- lications . Each charges the other with the guilt of having pro- duced the present alarming ...
... consequences . The nation is divided into two hostile parties , whose animosi- ty towards each other is daily increased by inflamatory pub- lications . Each charges the other with the guilt of having pro- duced the present alarming ...
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... consequences . I was , it is true , reluctant . I should have preferred by far , for the re- mainder of my life , steering clear of the quicksands of poli- tics . None of the questions that have heretofore divided par- ties in this ...
... consequences . I was , it is true , reluctant . I should have preferred by far , for the re- mainder of my life , steering clear of the quicksands of poli- tics . None of the questions that have heretofore divided par- ties in this ...
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... consequences . Of the time that has elapsed since its first appearance , I have availed myself , to amplify - to methodize and to improve it . And although I am very far indeed from presuming it to be perfect , yet I hope it will be ...
... consequences . Of the time that has elapsed since its first appearance , I have availed myself , to amplify - to methodize and to improve it . And although I am very far indeed from presuming it to be perfect , yet I hope it will be ...
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administration American asserted belligerents Berlin decree blockade Boston Britain British government captain Carolina CHAPTER citizens civil colonies command commerce conduct congress Connecticut consequences consideration constitution declared decrees defence democrats disgrace duty eastern embargo enemy England equal error Erskine excited exported Extract faction favour federal federalists folly force foreign France French frigate George Cabot governor Hampshire honour hostility Idem important impressed injury injustice interest jacobinical James Lloyd justice letter Madison majesty majesty's manufactures Maryland Massachusetts measures memorialists ment merchants Milan decrees militia minister nation negociation neutral never New-York officers opinion oppressive orders in council outrage party peace persons Philadelphia Pickering political port president principle produce proper reader redress repeal respect Rhode Island Rufus King seamen secretary senate ship slaves South Carolina southern spirit submit Timothy Pickering tion trade union United unjust Vermont vessels violation Virginia Washington whole
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Página 218 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Página 144 - ... it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Página 44 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 246 - ... our commerce has been plundered in every sea, the great staples of our country have been cut off from their legitimate markets, and a destructive blow aimed at our agricultural and maritime interests. In aggravation of these predatory measures they have been considered as in force from the dates of their notification, a retrospective effect being thus added, as has been done in other important cases, to the unlawfulness of the course pursued. And to render the outrage the more signal these mock...
Página 391 - Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off — in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.
Página 122 - Council, to order and it is hereby ordered, that all the ports and places of France and her allies, or of any other country at war with his Majesty, and all other ports or places in Europe, from which, although not at war with his Majesty, the British flag is excluded, and all ports or places in the colonies belonging to his Majesty's enemies, shall from henceforth...
Página 417 - Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Página 45 - States at any time during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States, within such time as shall be expressed in such order...
Página 318 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite. Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.
Página 44 - States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.