Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: 1789-1805order of the Senate of the United States, 1828 - Legislative journals |
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... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate the reports of John Jay to Congress while Se- cretary of Foreign Affairs , and in case the books in which the same are re- corded are transmitted to the Senate , that ...
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate the reports of John Jay to Congress while Se- cretary of Foreign Affairs , and in case the books in which the same are re- corded are transmitted to the Senate , that ...
Page 183
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate the reports of John Jay while in the office of Foreign Affairs , the correspondence between the Commander in Chief of the American Army with Sir Guy Carleton , on the ...
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate the reports of John Jay while in the office of Foreign Affairs , the correspondence between the Commander in Chief of the American Army with Sir Guy Carleton , on the ...
Page 418
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate , the amount and description of claims preferred under the sixth article of the British treaty , and which would have been chargeable to the United States , if the ...
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate , the amount and description of claims preferred under the sixth article of the British treaty , and which would have been chargeable to the United States , if the ...
Page 420
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate , the amount of claims preferred under the se- venth article of the treaty of amity , commerce , and navigation with Great Britain , and of the sums awarded by the ...
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate , the amount of claims preferred under the se- venth article of the treaty of amity , commerce , and navigation with Great Britain , and of the sums awarded by the ...
Page 469
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Attorney General , all such papers , documents , and evi- dence , as he may deem expedient , and which relate to any unauthorized correspondence and intercourse , carried on ...
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Attorney General , all such papers , documents , and evi- dence , as he may deem expedient , and which relate to any unauthorized correspondence and intercourse , carried on ...
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Page 394 - ... the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Page 394 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason; freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of "revolution and reformation.
Page 393 - Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 392 - A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye...
Page 395 - ... bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that of others by doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental to the happiness and freedom of all. Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make. And may ' that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace...
Page 237 - If a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth ; if an attachment to the Constitution of the United States, and a conscientious determination to support it, until it shall be altered by the judgments and...
Page 392 - ... traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye; when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness, and the hopes of this beloved country committed to the issue and the auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of the undertaking.
Page 237 - ... conducting a people, inspired with the same virtues, and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty, to independence and peace, to increasing wealth and unexampled prosperity, has merited the gratitude of his fellow-citizens, commanded the highest praises of foreign nations, and secured immortal glory with posterity. In that retirement which is his voluntary choice, may he long live to enjoy the delicious recollection of his services, the gratitude of mankind, the happy fruits...
Page 487 - The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with officers, and opening our doors to their intrusions, had already begun that process of domiciliary vexation which, once entered, is scarcely to be restrained from reaching successively every article of produce and property.
Page 292 - I beg it to be understood, that I do not mean to withhold any assistance to arrange and organize the Army, which you may think I can afford. I take the liberty also to mention, that I must decline having my acceptance considered as drawing after it any immediate charge upon the public, or that I can receive any emoluments annexed to the appointment, before entering into a situation to incur expense.