History of the Second War Between the United States of America and Great Britain: Declared by Act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and Concluded by Peace, the 15th of February, 1815, Volume 2Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1852 - United States |
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... navy , to cope hereafter with the American , was taught that it must add moral to physical strength ; the British tar must be not only able , but willing to serve , and not merely brave , but cordial in action ; not seized along shore ...
... navy , to cope hereafter with the American , was taught that it must add moral to physical strength ; the British tar must be not only able , but willing to serve , and not merely brave , but cordial in action ; not seized along shore ...
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... navy there ? " Both missions at Ghent , American nationality , British good sense , all European perception , felt the total change in a con- flict , when Great Britain endeavored , by territorial conquests , to crush American efforts ...
... navy there ? " Both missions at Ghent , American nationality , British good sense , all European perception , felt the total change in a con- flict , when Great Britain endeavored , by territorial conquests , to crush American efforts ...
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... navy , both in its civil and military branches , and in its entire internal economy ; also , with a principal view to counteract the causes of American abduction of our seamen . Let us hope that this interesting subject will meet all ...
... navy , both in its civil and military branches , and in its entire internal economy ; also , with a principal view to counteract the causes of American abduction of our seamen . Let us hope that this interesting subject will meet all ...
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... Navy , War , and Treasury ; whereas one American minister in England has corresponded with as many as five different ministries in two years , and an American minister in France with still more . All taxes were promptly and economically ...
... Navy , War , and Treasury ; whereas one American minister in England has corresponded with as many as five different ministries in two years , and an American minister in France with still more . All taxes were promptly and economically ...
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... Navy , and the Attorney - General . [ The Department of State being vacant , its duties were at that time discharged by Mr. Monroe , as Acting Secretary : the Postmaster - General was not at that day a cabinet minister . ] Subdued joy ...
... Navy , and the Attorney - General . [ The Department of State being vacant , its duties were at that time discharged by Mr. Monroe , as Acting Secretary : the Postmaster - General was not at that day a cabinet minister . ] Subdued joy ...
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Page 50 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbors, and creeks from Mount Joly on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle, and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 50 - American fishermen shall also have liberty, for ever, to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks, of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland, here above described, and of the coast of Labrador...
Page 266 - I suppose is of between nine and ten thousand volumes, while it includes what is chiefly valuable in science and literature generally, extends more particularly to whatever belongs to the American statesman.
Page 143 - The night was now as dark as pitch, the moon being but young, and totally obscured with clouds. Our fires deserted by us, and beat about by the enemy's shot, began to burn red and dull, and, except when the flashes of those guns which played upon us cast a. momentary glare, not an object could be distinguished at the distance of a yard. In this state we lay for nearly an hour, unable to move from our ground, or offer any opposition to those who kept us there ; when a straggling fire of musketry called...
Page 266 - I learn from the newspapers that the Vandalism of our enemy has triumphed at Washington over science as well as the arts, by the destruction of the public library with the noble edifice in which it was deposited.
Page 83 - Mississippi, for the purpose of a clandestine and lawless trade. The government of the United States caused the establishment to be broken up and destroyed ; and, having obtained the means of designating the offenders of every description, it only remained to...
Page 50 - Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the western and...
Page 266 - It is long since I have been sensible it ought not to continue private property, and had provided that, at my death, Congress should have the refusal of it, at their own price ; but the loss they have now incurred makes the present the proper moment for their accommodation, without regard to the small remnant of time and the barren use of my enjoying it.
Page 81 - ... country. This point of Louisiana, which I occupy, is of great importance in the present crisis. I tender my services to defend it; and the only reward I ask is that a stop be put to the proscription against me and my adherents, by an act of oblivion for all that has been done hitherto. I am the stray sheep, wishing to return to the sheepfold.
Page 211 - Simultaneously with his advance upon my lines, he had thrown over in his boats a considerable force to the other side of the river. These, having landed, were hardy enough to advance against the works of General Morgan, and, what is strange and difficult to account for, at the very moment when their entire discomfiture was looked for with a confidence approaching to certainty, the Kentucky reinforcements, in whom so much reliance had been placed, ingloriously fled, drawing after them, by their example,...