Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 4William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... principle of acknowledged infe- last , that these very news - printers were riority ; upon the principle that any thing unanimous in recommending , that the Ven- is better than war ; that war is an evil at déan Royalists , men who had ...
... principle of acknowledged infe- last , that these very news - printers were riority ; upon the principle that any thing unanimous in recommending , that the Ven- is better than war ; that war is an evil at déan Royalists , men who had ...
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... principle like this , well may the poor deluded people be ashamed to talk of again going to war ! It was this sordid , this base and groveling principle , that pervaded the whole of the transaction ; that sunk the people in their own ...
... principle like this , well may the poor deluded people be ashamed to talk of again going to war ! It was this sordid , this base and groveling principle , that pervaded the whole of the transaction ; that sunk the people in their own ...
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... principle has been advanced . It has been recognised by several powers of Europe , and more particularly by the French Government , which in 1795 , in conse- quence of the accession of his Majesty to the Treaty of Basle , acknowledged ...
... principle has been advanced . It has been recognised by several powers of Europe , and more particularly by the French Government , which in 1795 , in conse- quence of the accession of his Majesty to the Treaty of Basle , acknowledged ...
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... principles . Ei- ther the government were totally ignorant of the state of Ireland , or they have been se- dulously ... principle ? " which would have embraced both public and pri vate ? -We heartily agree with the candid minister in ...
... principles . Ei- ther the government were totally ignorant of the state of Ireland , or they have been se- dulously ... principle ? " which would have embraced both public and pri vate ? -We heartily agree with the candid minister in ...
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... principle ; and in its pro- gress , it is as bad as in its principle . It at- temps to establish a just and virtuous claim by underhand means ; and the agents it em- ploys for this purpose are bought traitors . The second argument in ...
... principle ; and in its pro- gress , it is as bad as in its principle . It at- temps to establish a just and virtuous claim by underhand means ; and the agents it em- ploys for this purpose are bought traitors . The second argument in ...
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Page 879 - THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion, mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th...
Page 491 - ... come tell us your reason; What sayest thou to this ? Poins. Come, your reason, Jack, your reason. Fal. What, upon compulsion? No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 877 - The United States promise to execute Such treaties and articles as may have been agreed between Spain and the tribes and nations of Indians until by mutual consent of the United States and the said tribes or nations other Suitable articles Shall have been agreed upon.
Page 877 - ... that the French ships coming directly from France or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of France or her said colonies, and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the...
Page 879 - Shall be exchanged in the Space of Six months after the date of the Signature by the Ministers Plenipotentiary or Sooner if possible. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have Signed these articles in the French and English languages; declaring nevertheless that the present Treaty was originally agreed to in the French language; and have thereunto affixed their Seals.
Page 879 - ... present treaty; and it shall be ratified in the same form and in the same time, so that the one shall not be ratified distinct from the other. Another particular convention, signed at the same date as the present treaty, relative to a definitive rule between the contracting parties is, in the like manner, approved, and will be ratified in the same form and in the same time, and jointly.
Page 881 - September, 1800), shall be paid according to the following regulations, with interest at six per cent, to commence from the periods when the accounts and vouchers were presented to the French Government.
Page 881 - September, 1800), the payment of which has been heretofore claimed of the actual Government of France, and for which the creditors have a right to the protection of the United States ; the said fifth article does not comprehend prizes whose condemnation has been or shall...
Page 389 - They offer us their protection : yes; such protection as vultures give to lambs — covering and devouring them ! They call on us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise. Be our plain answer this : — The throne we honour is the people's choice; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers...
Page 885 - Congress in reviewing their resources will find means to meet the intermediate interest of this additional debt without recurring to new taxes, and applying to this object only the ordinary progression of our revenue; its extraordinary increase in times of foreign war will be the proper and sufficient fund for any measures of safety or precaution which that state of things may render necessary in our neutral position.