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... court about and seeking with such humility as he possessed to secure for his country an ac- knowledgment of independence and the grant of a few much - needed piasters . His experiences had been irritating in the extreme , and when ...
... court about and seeking with such humility as he possessed to secure for his country an ac- knowledgment of independence and the grant of a few much - needed piasters . His experiences had been irritating in the extreme , and when ...
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... court of Spain to take a like step ( 1779 ) . Holland also had joined the allies . The countries of the north and east were joined in the so - called " Armed Neutrality , " which was unfriendly in spirit to Great Britain . For some time ...
... court of Spain to take a like step ( 1779 ) . Holland also had joined the allies . The countries of the north and east were joined in the so - called " Armed Neutrality , " which was unfriendly in spirit to Great Britain . For some time ...
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... court would , at a peace , oppose our extension to the Mississippi " and our claim to a free navigation of the river ; that she would probably support the British claim to all the country above the thirty- first degree of latitude , and ...
... court would , at a peace , oppose our extension to the Mississippi " and our claim to a free navigation of the river ; that she would probably support the British claim to all the country above the thirty- first degree of latitude , and ...
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... court , but to be bound by the French construction of their engagements was quite another thing.1 Vaughan was also urged to make further representa- tions for counteracting the machinations of Ray- neval , and to impress on Shelburne ...
... court , but to be bound by the French construction of their engagements was quite another thing.1 Vaughan was also urged to make further representa- tions for counteracting the machinations of Ray- neval , and to impress on Shelburne ...
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... court at Madrid , and though France planned the campaigns , furnished troops , and paid money , the French king received little for his pains , and within ten years after this treaty England was ready to fight again , seemingly as ...
... court at Madrid , and though France planned the campaigns , furnished troops , and paid money , the French king received little for his pains , and within ten years after this treaty England was ready to fight again , seemingly as ...
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Page 62 - ... awake, attend to your situation and redress yourselves! If the present moment be lost, every future effort is in vain, and your threats then will be as empty as your entreaties now.
Page 313 - Universe, in affording the people of the United States, in the course of his providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise, of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, by assenting to and ratifying a new Constitution...
Page 26 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 107 - That the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such States as claim to the Mississippi or South Sea, and lay out the land beyond the boundary so ascertained into separate and independent States from time to time as the numbers and circumstances of the people thereof may require.
Page 108 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Page 64 - And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man who wishes, under any specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood.
Page 62 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this Revolution and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor?
Page 225 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth— that God governs in the affairs of men.
Page 212 - States to the contrary notwithstanding; and that if any State, or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts or treaties...
Page 258 - States to be as different as the interests of Russia and Turkey. Being, notwithstanding, desirous of conciliating the affections of the Eastern States, he should vote against requiring two-thirds instead of a majority.