THE

AMERICAN REGISTER;

OR

SUMMARY REVIEW

OF

HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE.

VOLUME I.

Σπάρταν έλαχες, ταύταν κόσμει.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY THOMAS DOBSON AND SON, AT THE STONE-HOUSE,

No. 41, SOUTH SECOND STREET.

William Fry, Printer,

1817.

District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

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CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME FIRST.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION by the Editor,

PAGE

ix

French Affairs,

The last Campaign of Bonaparte. From the French of an Eye-

witness,

Of England and Englishmen. From the French of J. B. Say,

author of a Treatise on Political Economy,

The State of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland,

at the Peace of Paris, November 20, 1815. By George Chal-

mers, F. R. S. S. A.

The Florida Question Stated. By H. M. Brackenridge,

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122

128

148

ELOQUENCE OF THE SENATE.

Speech of Sir James Mackintosh on the Treaty of Peace with
America, delivered in the British House of Commons, April

ll, 1815,

Speech of Marquis Wellesley, respecting the Negotiation for

Peace with America, pronounced in the British House of

Lords, April 13, 1815,

Speech of Sir James Mackintosh on Bonaparte's escape from

Elba,

Lord Grenville's Speech on the Affairs of France, pronounced

May 23, 1815,

Speech of Mr. Grattan on French Affairs, delivered May 25,

1815,

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164

171

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185

General Harper's Speech in the Senate of the United States,

April 4, 1816,

Speech of Mr. Pinkney, in the House of Representatives, on

the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain,

Speech of Mr. Clay, in the House of Representatives, on the

Direct Tax,

Speech of Mr. Hopkinson, on the Revenue discussion, in answer

to Mr. Clay,

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209

225