Mississippi Question: Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on Certain Resolutions Concerning the Violation of the Right of Deposit in the Island of New OrleansW. Duane, 1803 - 198 من الصفحات |
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... hold out a scare - crow or a bug - bear to frighten them . But they would find that the people were not to be driven from their sober senses . He came from a part of the country which was greatly interested in this subject ; and he knew ...
... hold out a scare - crow or a bug - bear to frighten them . But they would find that the people were not to be driven from their sober senses . He came from a part of the country which was greatly interested in this subject ; and he knew ...
الصفحة 21
... hold the territory at the mouth of the river . Accordingly in the 4th and 22d arti- cles of our treaty with Spain , I find on this subject the fol- lowing stipulations : " ARTICLE IV . It is likewise agreed that the western boundary of ...
... hold the territory at the mouth of the river . Accordingly in the 4th and 22d arti- cles of our treaty with Spain , I find on this subject the fol- lowing stipulations : " ARTICLE IV . It is likewise agreed that the western boundary of ...
الصفحة 22
... hold among the nations of the world ? And it seems that even these supplicating advances are likely to avail us nothing ; by accounts very lately received from New Orleans , by a private letter which I have seen since these resolutions ...
... hold among the nations of the world ? And it seems that even these supplicating advances are likely to avail us nothing ; by accounts very lately received from New Orleans , by a private letter which I have seen since these resolutions ...
الصفحة 29
... holds that doctrine upon the plain principle , that honor is directly and inseparably connected with self defence ; and if , says he , it can be proved , that the national honor has been insulted , or the national dignity disgraced , it ...
... holds that doctrine upon the plain principle , that honor is directly and inseparably connected with self defence ; and if , says he , it can be proved , that the national honor has been insulted , or the national dignity disgraced , it ...
الصفحة 32
... hold in too sacred re- gard their federal compact to sport with it . They were among the first to oppose violations of it , and will , I trust be the last to attempt its dissolution . The time indeed was when not only irritation but ...
... hold in too sacred re- gard their federal compact to sport with it . They were among the first to oppose violations of it , and will , I trust be the last to attempt its dissolution . The time indeed was when not only irritation but ...
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الصفحة 91 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
الصفحة 92 - The Inhabitants of our Western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head. They have seen, in the Negotiation by the Executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the Senate, of the Treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event, throughout the United States, a...
الصفحة 91 - ... the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest. as one nation. Any other tenure by which the west can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
الصفحة 92 - Northern and Southern; Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
الصفحة 91 - ... west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home.
الصفحة 91 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
الصفحة 21 - States, for the space of three years from this time, to deposit their merchandize and effects in the port of New Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and His Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds during that time that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them on another part of the banks of the Mississippi an equivalent...
الصفحة 91 - The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
الصفحة 92 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.