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... course , the public mind is not duly prepared . The purport of this dispatch is , that Britain has determined on a strict neutrality ; that she means to preserve it , and , therefore , as his letters of credence subjoined a hope , that ...
... course , the public mind is not duly prepared . The purport of this dispatch is , that Britain has determined on a strict neutrality ; that she means to preserve it , and , therefore , as his letters of credence subjoined a hope , that ...
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... course , a design may be exhibited of entering into the heart of Great Britain , to overturn the Constitution , destroy the rights of property , and , finally , to dethrone and murder the King . All which are things the English will ...
... course , a design may be exhibited of entering into the heart of Great Britain , to overturn the Constitution , destroy the rights of property , and , finally , to dethrone and murder the King . All which are things the English will ...
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... course , the application for such unau- thoritative document proves a consciousness that the rest is but osten- sible and not real - perhaps forged . I have another reason : If we cover the property of enemies , we injure our own ...
... course , the application for such unau- thoritative document proves a consciousness that the rest is but osten- sible and not real - perhaps forged . I have another reason : If we cover the property of enemies , we injure our own ...
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... course of conducting his vessel to the Island of Aix : Upon this report , the Council considering that Captain John Brice ought to reproach himself for having rendered himself suspected , by his refusal to make known his colors , and ...
... course of conducting his vessel to the Island of Aix : Upon this report , the Council considering that Captain John Brice ought to reproach himself for having rendered himself suspected , by his refusal to make known his colors , and ...
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... its honor , offended in the person that magistrate , and for its character , grossly traduced in the con- sations and letters of this gentleman . In the course of these trans- 10 actions , it has been a great comfort to us 53 [ 102 ]
... its honor , offended in the person that magistrate , and for its character , grossly traduced in the con- sations and letters of this gentleman . In the course of these trans- 10 actions , it has been a great comfort to us 53 [ 102 ]
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Adet agents American vessels answer armed assurances Britain British Cape Francois Captain captured cargo cause Citizen Minister claims colonies commission Commissioners complaints condemned conduct consequence considered Consul contraband Convention Convention of 1800 copy dated PARIS debt declared decree duty Ellsworth enemies England English Envoys Executive Directory Exterior Relations EXTRACT favor Fleurieu France French Consul French Government French Minister French Republic FULWAR SKIPWITH Genet give honor indemnities instructions interest July June justice law of nations letter letter of credence liberty Livingston Madison March Marine measures ment merchandises Messidor Messrs Minister of Exterior Minister of Foreign Ministers Plenipotentiary Monroe Murray navigation navigation act negotiation object obliged parties passport peace Philadelphia Pinckney ports present President principles privateers provisions ratification received render respect Roederer Secretary ships Skipwith Spain stipulation taken Talleyrand TIMOTHY PICKERING tion treaty of commerce tribunals undersigned United violation wish
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Page 91 - ... engage mutually not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Page 459 - In order to regulate what is in future to be esteemed contraband of war, it is agreed, that under the said denomination shall be comprised all arms and implements serving for the purposes of war, by land or...
Page 584 - It is agreed, that in all cases where vessels shall be captured or detained on just suspicion of having on board enemy's property, or of carrying to the enemy any of the articles which are contraband of war...
Page 179 - I wish, sir, that the Federal government should observe, as far as in their power, the public engagements contracted by both nations; and that, by this generous and prudent conduct, they will give at least to the world the example of a true neutrality, which does not consist in the cowardly abandonment of their friends in the moment when danger menaces them, but in adhering strictly, if they can do no better, to the obligations they have contracted with them.
Page 7 - Whatever obligations or indemnities from the sources either party had a right to demand were respectively waived and abandoned, and the consideration which induced one party to renounce his pretensions was that of the renunciation by the other party of his pretensions. What was the value of the obligations and indemnities so reciprocally renounced can only be matter of speculation.
Page 200 - ... principle, having, in no instance, as far as I recollect, agreed to the modification of letting the property of the goods follow that of the vessel, except in the single one of her *. treaty with France. We have adopted this modification in our treaties with France, the United Netherlands and Russia; and therefore, as to them, our vessels cover the goods of their enemies, and we lose our goods when in the vessels of their enemies.
Page 138 - French republic expects, however, that the successors of Columbus, Raleigh, and Penn, always proud of their liberty, will never forget that they owe it to France.
Page 6 - February, 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce of the same date, and the convention of 14th of November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time; and until they may have agreed upon these points the said treaties and convention shall have no operation...
Page 721 - To incorporate the inhabitants of the hereby ceded territoty with the citizens of the United States, on an equal footing, being a provision which cannot now be made, it is to be expected, from the character and policy of the United States, that such incorporation will take place without unnecessary delay.
Page 735 - As to the quantum, I have yet made up no opinion. The field open to us is infinitely larger than our instructions contemplated, the revenue increasing, and the land more than adequate to sink the capital, should we even go the sum proposed by Marbois, — nay, I persuade myself that the whole sum may be raised by the sale of the territory west of the Mississippi, with the right of sovereignty, to some Power in Europe whose vicinity we should not fear.