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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... union . Honorable gentlemen may wrap themselves up in their pre- sent imaginary security , and say that these things are afar off , or that they can never happen ; but let me beseech of them to look well to the measures they are now ...
... union . Honorable gentlemen may wrap themselves up in their pre- sent imaginary security , and say that these things are afar off , or that they can never happen ; but let me beseech of them to look well to the measures they are now ...
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... Union and unite with those who will give them what they want . Sir , said Mr. B. I did not expect to hear such language held on this floor ! Sir , the gentleman from Pennsylvania best knows the temper and views of the western people he ...
... Union and unite with those who will give them what they want . Sir , said Mr. B. I did not expect to hear such language held on this floor ! Sir , the gentleman from Pennsylvania best knows the temper and views of the western people he ...
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... Union , be able to accomplish the object ? Could they alone go to war with France and Spain ? Could they hold Orleans , were they to take possession of it without the aid of the United States ? Admitting they could hold it , what ...
... Union , be able to accomplish the object ? Could they alone go to war with France and Spain ? Could they hold Orleans , were they to take possession of it without the aid of the United States ? Admitting they could hold it , what ...
الصفحة 34
... Union . But we ought to be prepared in case of failure , instant- ly to redress ourselves . This , instead of having an evil , would in his opinion , have a good effect on the negociation . It would shew , that although we are willing ...
... Union . But we ought to be prepared in case of failure , instant- ly to redress ourselves . This , instead of having an evil , would in his opinion , have a good effect on the negociation . It would shew , that although we are willing ...
الصفحة 52
... Union . Such threats are doubly improper ... improper as they respect the persons to whom they are addressed , because we are not to be terrified from the performance of our duty , by menaces of any kind , from whatever quarter they may ...
... Union . Such threats are doubly improper ... improper as they respect the persons to whom they are addressed , because we are not to be terrified from the performance of our duty , by menaces of any kind , from whatever quarter they may ...
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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.