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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... officers , are accused , tried and condemn- ed without a possibility of defence . This is a great and deplorable evil - an evil so inveterate , as to render a remedy almost hopeless . It is hardly possible for any go- vernment to stand ...
... officers , are accused , tried and condemn- ed without a possibility of defence . This is a great and deplorable evil - an evil so inveterate , as to render a remedy almost hopeless . It is hardly possible for any go- vernment to stand ...
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... officers of the society shall be a president , vice - president , secretary , treasurer , committee of correspondence , and committee of elections . V. That it shall be the duty of the committee of corres- pondence , to invite the good ...
... officers of the society shall be a president , vice - president , secretary , treasurer , committee of correspondence , and committee of elections . V. That it shall be the duty of the committee of corres- pondence , to invite the good ...
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... must either resign his office , as President , or remove those ministers and their officers , who have by their nefarious plans ruined the nation ! " the subject . I merely state the fact , neither 28 PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION ..
... must either resign his office , as President , or remove those ministers and their officers , who have by their nefarious plans ruined the nation ! " the subject . I merely state the fact , neither 28 PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION ..
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... officers , whom , accord- ing to them , she had so much reason to execrate . It was in vain that the uniform voice of history proclaimed that the generosity of nations towards each other is a nonentity ; that the terms of a treaty are ...
... officers , whom , accord- ing to them , she had so much reason to execrate . It was in vain that the uniform voice of history proclaimed that the generosity of nations towards each other is a nonentity ; that the terms of a treaty are ...
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... officers of the government . It was the incumbent duty of the President to have had the laws put in force , to repress the offences , and to punish the offenders . And if there were no law to reach the offence , he ought to have ...
... officers of the government . It was the incumbent duty of the President to have had the laws put in force , to repress the offences , and to punish the offenders . And if there were no law to reach the offence , he ought to have ...
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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.