The lives and times of the chief justices of the supreme court of the United States, Volume 401855 |
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... peace No progress made in the Negotiation - Treachery of the Spanish Court with regard to the Bills - M . Carbarrus the Banker - The instru- ment of Florida Blanca - The Bills protested - Finally paid - Jay's ill - success - His ...
... peace No progress made in the Negotiation - Treachery of the Spanish Court with regard to the Bills - M . Carbarrus the Banker - The instru- ment of Florida Blanca - The Bills protested - Finally paid - Jay's ill - success - His ...
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... Peace - M. Gérard and the Chevalier de la Luzerne suggest to Congress to appoint a Minister to reside in Europe --John Adams appointed - Jay , Franklin , Laurens , and Jefferson , subsequently associated with him - Jay arrives at Paris ...
... Peace - M. Gérard and the Chevalier de la Luzerne suggest to Congress to appoint a Minister to reside in Europe --John Adams appointed - Jay , Franklin , Laurens , and Jefferson , subsequently associated with him - Jay arrives at Paris ...
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... to our Commissioners to negotiate Peace- Moves to revoke them - Approves the conduct of the Commissioners in disregarding them - Tribute to his abilities 590-598 CHAPTER XIII . 1783-1791 . Returns to Carolina - His CONTENTS . xxiii.
... to our Commissioners to negotiate Peace- Moves to revoke them - Approves the conduct of the Commissioners in disregarding them - Tribute to his abilities 590-598 CHAPTER XIII . 1783-1791 . Returns to Carolina - His CONTENTS . xxiii.
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... peace , security , and happiness of their families destroyed . The dragon- nades were revived . In the summer of 1685 , troops were introduced into Rochelle and quartered upon the Protestant inhabitants . Dragoons were placed in the ...
... peace , security , and happiness of their families destroyed . The dragon- nades were revived . In the summer of 1685 , troops were introduced into Rochelle and quartered upon the Protestant inhabitants . Dragoons were placed in the ...
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... peaceful cessation of commerce would effect relief . Another party , he says , are intimi- dated lest the levelling spirit of the New England colo- Life and Works , vol . ii . , p . 350 . nies should propagate itself into New York ...
... peaceful cessation of commerce would effect relief . Another party , he says , are intimi- dated lest the levelling spirit of the New England colo- Life and Works , vol . ii . , p . 350 . nies should propagate itself into New York ...
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Page 608 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
Page 607 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to bo otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Page 480 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is, a right in the People to participate in their legislative council...
Page 516 - Hampshire to call a full and free representation of the people, and that the representatives, if they think it necessary, establish such a form of government as, in their judgment, will best produce the happiness of the people, and most effectually secure peace and good order in the province, during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies.
Page 434 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 605 - This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British Government constantly checked the attempts of Virginia to put a stop to it. The present question concerns not the importing States alone but the whole Union. The evil of having slaves was experienced during the late war. Had slaves been treated as they might have been by the enemy, they would have proved dangerous instruments in their hands. But their folly dealt by the slaves, as it did by the tories. . . . Slavery...
Page 480 - But from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members; excluding every idea of taxation internal and external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America,...
Page 243 - If I was to be called upon to draw A picture of the times, and of Men; from what I have seen, heard, and in part know I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them. That Speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seems to have got the better of every other consideration and almost of every order of Men. That party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day...
Page 386 - WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION.
Page 86 - After this, Mr. Duche, unexpectedly to everybody, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present. I must confess I never heard a better prayer, or one so well pronounced. Episcopalian as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor, such ardor, such earnestness and pathos, and in language so elegant and sublime — for America, for the Congress, for the province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially the town of Boston. It has had an excellent effect upon...