The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Հատոր 1Farrand and Nicholas., 1811 |
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... duties are imposed upon the neutral , in " order that if , on the one hand , the discretionary powers of " the naval officer are circumscribed within the narrowest " bounds , he may encounter on the other , no unnecessary " impediments ...
... duties are imposed upon the neutral , in " order that if , on the one hand , the discretionary powers of " the naval officer are circumscribed within the narrowest " bounds , he may encounter on the other , no unnecessary " impediments ...
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... duties on the part of the belligerent . The acquiescence of " neutrals in the just prerogatives of the latter should not be " to them a source of ruinous or capricious molestation : - " otherwise their lot would be worse than that of an ...
... duties on the part of the belligerent . The acquiescence of " neutrals in the just prerogatives of the latter should not be " to them a source of ruinous or capricious molestation : - " otherwise their lot would be worse than that of an ...
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... duties not only upon the colonial or other produce which might thereafter be sold in France , but upon an immense quantity which was then selling and upon much that had been sold . This stretch of despotism , without a parallel except ...
... duties not only upon the colonial or other produce which might thereafter be sold in France , but upon an immense quantity which was then selling and upon much that had been sold . This stretch of despotism , without a parallel except ...
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... duties are put down at three hundred and thirty , which together with extra charges for the service of the auctioneer , & c . made the whole sum of extraneous charges about four hundred francs . These duties were paid without delay to ...
... duties are put down at three hundred and thirty , which together with extra charges for the service of the auctioneer , & c . made the whole sum of extraneous charges about four hundred francs . These duties were paid without delay to ...
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... duties of two hundred per cent . will be retained ; and we leave our merchants to calculate the amount . They will have the satisfaction of knowing , if they ever re- gain any part of the proceeds of their stolen goods , —that they have ...
... duties of two hundred per cent . will be retained ; and we leave our merchants to calculate the amount . They will have the satisfaction of knowing , if they ever re- gain any part of the proceeds of their stolen goods , —that they have ...
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Էջ 248 - 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.
Էջ 5 - That the President of the United States, be, and he hereby is authorized, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Էջ 249 - 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.
Էջ 214 - The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their...
Էջ 212 - It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
Էջ 396 - I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the first of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade which they have wished to establish, or, that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause then rights to be respected by the English.
Էջ 239 - The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares.
Էջ 33 - I have their lordships commands to acquaint you, for his lordship's information, that they have sent orders to commodore Hood not to consider any blockade of those islands as existing, unless in respect of particular ports which may be actually invested, and then not to capture vessels bound to such ports unless they shall previously have been warned not to enter them...
Էջ 11 - An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Էջ 190 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.