Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 4R. Bagshaw, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... danger of invasion exists ; and , it has now transpired , in a very late debate on the subject of defence , that , only two months ago , they were asking mi- litary men , and Colonel Crawfurd amongst the rest , for plans of defence ; so ...
... danger of invasion exists ; and , it has now transpired , in a very late debate on the subject of defence , that , only two months ago , they were asking mi- litary men , and Colonel Crawfurd amongst the rest , for plans of defence ; so ...
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... danger ; but because , people will not believe that this danger exists ; because people are so persuaded of the difficulties and dangers of such an attempt , that they think , that the enemy will not dare to meet these dan- gers and ...
... danger ; but because , people will not believe that this danger exists ; because people are so persuaded of the difficulties and dangers of such an attempt , that they think , that the enemy will not dare to meet these dan- gers and ...
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... 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 could not open the eyes of the nation to the whole of the danger ; yet ...
... 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 could not open the eyes of the nation to the whole of the danger ; yet ...
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... danger of invasion , which ministers tell us that it is , and which no persons , how- ever inadequate their exertions are to the danger and difficulty of such an event , pre- tend to deny , I do assert , that this mea- sure is more ...
... danger of invasion , which ministers tell us that it is , and which no persons , how- ever inadequate their exertions are to the danger and difficulty of such an event , pre- tend to deny , I do assert , that this mea- sure is more ...
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smallest danger of failure , nor the smallest cause of apprehension from co - operation or assistance from within ( a chance , which seems scarcely to have occurred to any one , and which is too dreadful for me to do any thing but ...
smallest danger of failure , nor the smallest cause of apprehension from co - operation or assistance from within ( a chance , which seems scarcely to have occurred to any one , and which is too dreadful for me to do any thing but ...
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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 883 - 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...
Page 389 - They, by a strange frenzy driven, fight for power, for plunder, and extended rule : we, for our country, our altars, and our homes. They follow an adventurer whom they fear, and obey a power which they hate : we serve a monarch whom we love — a God whom we adore.
Page 881 - Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the port of New Orleans, and in all other legal ports of entry within the ceded territory, in the same manner as the ships of the United States...
Page 887 - Whilst the property and sovereignty of the Mississippi and its waters secure an independent outlet for the produce of the Western States and an uncontrolled navigation through their whole course, free from collision with other powers and the dangers to our peace from that source, the fertility of the...
Page 271 - ... ships, vessels and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and, according to the course of Admiralty, and the law of nations...
Page 881 - ... that the French ships coming directly from France or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce and 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 389 - The throne we honour is the people's choice ; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers' legacy ; the faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with all mankind, and die with hope of bliss beyond the grave. Tell your invaders this, and tell them, too, we seek no change : and, least of all, such change as they would bring us.
Page 883 - America,] by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, Robert R. Livingston, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, and James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the said States, near the Government of the French Republic; and the First Consul, in the name of the French people, Citizen Francis Barbe...
Page 881 - ARTICLE II. In the cession made by the preceding article are included the adjacent islands belonging to Louisiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices which are not private property.