Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 27R. Bagshaw, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... persons impressed were British sub- jects ; and that we had a right to impress British subjects , being seamen , find them where we might . The Republic denied al- together our right to take persons of any description by force out of ...
... persons impressed were British sub- jects ; and that we had a right to impress British subjects , being seamen , find them where we might . The Republic denied al- together our right to take persons of any description by force out of ...
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... persons from " which professes to have in view either to " American vessels , and to restore the " check abuse in exercise of the practice " citizens of the United States already im- " of impressment , or to accomplish , by pressed it ...
... persons from " which professes to have in view either to " American vessels , and to restore the " check abuse in exercise of the practice " citizens of the United States already im- " of impressment , or to accomplish , by pressed it ...
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... persons thought or acted right or not ; the civil power to resist them ; when they neitber shall I undertake to decide with had thus become , as it were , masters of the whom originated the several disputes in place , they immediately ...
... persons thought or acted right or not ; the civil power to resist them ; when they neitber shall I undertake to decide with had thus become , as it were , masters of the whom originated the several disputes in place , they immediately ...
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... person . " Every age and country fur- and opprobrium which the bigotry of the nish us with proofs , that it is possible for vulgar always bestows , are by far more persons of opposite opinions to live in har - likely to be in earnest ...
... person . " Every age and country fur- and opprobrium which the bigotry of the nish us with proofs , that it is possible for vulgar always bestows , are by far more persons of opposite opinions to live in har - likely to be in earnest ...
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... persons are branded with every odious epithet that the imagination can devise , and charged with conspiring against the eternal peace and happiness of their fellow creatures , when we know their works breathe nothing but the most ...
... persons are branded with every odious epithet that the imagination can devise , and charged with conspiring against the eternal peace and happiness of their fellow creatures , when we know their works breathe nothing but the most ...
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Page 351 - And in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such...
Page 347 - There shall be a firm and universal peace between His Britannic Majesty and the United States, and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people, of every degree, without exception of places or persons.
Page 351 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...
Page 349 - Commissioners to be appointed in the following manner, viz: One Commissioner shall be appointed by His Britannic Majesty, and one by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and the said two Commissioners so appointed shall be sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims...
Page 347 - ... the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves or other private property. And all archives, records, deeds. and papers, either of a public nature, or belonging to private persons, which, in the course of the war, may have fallen into the hands of the officers of either party, shall be, as far as may be practicable, forthwith restored and delivered to the proper authorities and persons to whom they respectively belong.
Page 351 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 349 - Scotia, and whereas the several Islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, which is part of the Bay of Fundy, and the Island of Grand Menan in the said Bay of Fundy, are claimed by the United States as being comprehended within their aforesaid Boundaries, which said Islands are claimed as belonging to His Britannic Majesty as having been at the time of.
Page 349 - ... limits of the Province of Nova Scotia : in order, therefore, finally to decide upon these claims, it is agreed that they shall be referred to two commissioners, to be appointed in the following manner, viz: One commissioner shall be appointed by His Britannic Majesty, and one by the President of the United States, by...
Page 351 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron...
Page 347 - Countries, and of restoring, upon principles of perfect reciprocity, peace, friendship, and good understanding between them, have for that purpose appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say, His Britannic Majesty on His part has appointed the Right Honourable James Lord Gambier, late Admiral of the White, now Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's fleet ; Henry Goulburn, Esq. a Member of the Imperial Parliament, and Under Secretary of State ; and William Adams, Esq.