 | United States - 1819 - 518 pages
...returned." " The bashaw then commenced thus — ' Consul, there is no nation I wish more to be at peace with than yours ; but all nations pay me, and so must the Americans.' I answered, ' we have already paid you all we owe you, and are nothing in arrears.' He answered, '... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 412 pages
...and degraded by carrying the flag of Algiers at her main topgallantmast-head, the George-Washington. sailed for and arrived at Constantinople. Having there...by the value of the presents that they receive from Item." To give a practical proof of his estimation of compliments, the Bashaw of Tripoli, on the 14th... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1851 - 828 pages
...returned. •' The Bashaw then commenced thus : 'Consul, there is no nation I wish more to be at peace with than yours ; but all nations pay me, and so must the Americans.' I answered. ; We have already paid you all that we owe you, and are nothing in arrears.' He answered,... | |
 | John Adams Dix - United States - 1864 - 484 pages
...subject of these exactions, the Bashaw said: " Consul, there is no nation I wish more to be at peace with than yours ; but all nations pay me, and so must the Americans." Mr. Cathcart answered : " We have already paid you all we owe you, and are nothing in arrear." The... | |
 | 1911 - 568 pages
...returned. The Bashaw then commenced thus — "Consul, there is no nation I wish more to be at peace with than yours ; but all nations pay me, and so must the Americans." I answered — "we have already paid you all we owe you, and are nothing in arrears." He answered —... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1901 - 706 pages
.... . . The Bashaw then commenced thus : " Consul, there is no nation I wish more to be at peace with than yours ; but all nations pay me, and so must the Americans." I answered, " We have already paid you all we owe you, and are nothing in arrears." He answered, "That... | |
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... bring in American vessels ; that he had broke him, and dismissed him from his service ; and then gave orders to the minister of marine to have every article that was plundered from the brig returned." " The bashaw then commenced thus — ' Consul,... 