Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 4William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... whole of his conduct that Buonaparté never meant to fulfil the conditions of that treaty . He knew whom he had to deal with . He called loudly upon us to fulfil our part of the treaty , while he used the utmost expedition to occupy the ...
... whole of his conduct that Buonaparté never meant to fulfil the conditions of that treaty . He knew whom he had to deal with . He called loudly upon us to fulfil our part of the treaty , while he used the utmost expedition to occupy the ...
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... whole war ; had we , instead of employing our troops to parade uselessly with Lord St. Vincent in Portugal , whilst he lived upon our poor Consul at Lisbon , sent them together with some of our mercenaries engaged on disgraceful ...
... whole war ; had we , instead of employing our troops to parade uselessly with Lord St. Vincent in Portugal , whilst he lived upon our poor Consul at Lisbon , sent them together with some of our mercenaries engaged on disgraceful ...
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... whole plan . I cer- tainly thought so , and in consequence made the femarks on it which I sent to you . But it seems the measures of the present ministers are not to be judged of by common rules and the usual podes of proceeding ; no ...
... whole plan . I cer- tainly thought so , and in consequence made the femarks on it which I sent to you . But it seems the measures of the present ministers are not to be judged of by common rules and the usual podes of proceeding ; no ...
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... whole of the plan , for fear of alarming the country , by an idea of danger , which made such a plan ne- ' cessary . Now , I assert , that this plan is still in- adequate to the danger , and therefore , stating the whole of the plan ...
... whole of the plan , for fear of alarming the country , by an idea of danger , which made such a plan ne- ' cessary . Now , I assert , that this plan is still in- adequate to the danger , and therefore , stating the whole of the plan ...
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... whole of the British West India Islands , and of the ship . ping , tonnage , and men trading thither , the single Island of St. Domingo exceeded the whole of our possessions , in population , by 57,734 souls ; in tonnage by 20,763 , and ...
... whole of the British West India Islands , and of the ship . ping , tonnage , and men trading thither , the single Island of St. Domingo exceeded the whole of our possessions , in population , by 57,734 souls ; in tonnage by 20,763 , and ...
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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.