The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Volume 4Farrand and Nicholas., 1812 |
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... emperor - the United States become vir- tually a party to the war in his behalf , it must confirm beyond the possibility of doubt , every surmise that has gone abroad , however gross , however injurious to the honor or interests of this ...
... emperor - the United States become vir- tually a party to the war in his behalf , it must confirm beyond the possibility of doubt , every surmise that has gone abroad , however gross , however injurious to the honor or interests of this ...
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... Emperor , that it should be so represented , or the possibility , that the solemn promises made by the British government in reference to it , will not be fulfilled . The impartiality , candour , and scru- pulousness of our ...
... Emperor , that it should be so represented , or the possibility , that the solemn promises made by the British government in reference to it , will not be fulfilled . The impartiality , candour , and scru- pulousness of our ...
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... Emperor , still under the shadow of the Berlin and Milan decrees , are fresh in the public memory , and speak too clear a language , to require any comment . " No ac- VOL . IV . F quittal , " says the address , " has ever 1812. ] 41 of ...
... Emperor , still under the shadow of the Berlin and Milan decrees , are fresh in the public memory , and speak too clear a language , to require any comment . " No ac- VOL . IV . F quittal , " says the address , " has ever 1812. ] 41 of ...
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... emperor and king , should order a prompt and effectual execution of the arrangement of the 5th of August , and 2d of November , in the true and liberal spirit in which it was proposed . " This , it should be noted , was written more ...
... emperor and king , should order a prompt and effectual execution of the arrangement of the 5th of August , and 2d of November , in the true and liberal spirit in which it was proposed . " This , it should be noted , was written more ...
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... We have no doubt , but that it was intended to sustain the imposition , practised upon them , in the first instance , in relation to the same object . -- The French emperor was , probably , told , 48 [ July An Address of Members.
... We have no doubt , but that it was intended to sustain the imposition , practised upon them , in the first instance , in relation to the same object . -- The French emperor was , probably , told , 48 [ July An Address of Members.
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Página 139 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole — where not local purposes, not local prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol,...
Página 138 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Página 347 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Página 139 - If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination : and, what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments...
Página 138 - But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living.
Página 347 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our own industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.
Página 347 - The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion for. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Página 148 - Or else when by the Miscarriages of those in Authority, it is forfeited; upon the Forfeiture of their Rulers, or at the Determination of the Time set, it reverts to the Society, and the People have a Right to act as Supreme, and continue the Legislative in themselves, or erect a new Form, or under the old form place it in new hands, as they think good.
Página 346 - By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labour may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers, and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of the society.
Página 147 - To conclude, the power that every individual gave the society when he entered into it can never revert to the individuals again as long as the society lasts, but will always remain in the community, because without this there can be no community, no commonwealth, which is contrary to the original agreement...