The Speeches of the Right Honorable William Huskisson: With a Biographical Memoir, Supplied to the Editor from Authentic Sources...J. Murray, 1831 - Great Britain |
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... ground of political necessity , the necessity of pro- viding for our own safety and defence ; the necessity of being prepared to afford security to our numerous colonial possessions scattered throughout all the seas of the world ; the ...
... ground of political necessity , the necessity of pro- viding for our own safety and defence ; the necessity of being prepared to afford security to our numerous colonial possessions scattered throughout all the seas of the world ; the ...
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... ground in the competition with our own . I am the more induced to make this remark , as , from the excessive excitement , and over- trading of the last year , I am ready to acknowledge that , taken by itself , it cannot be considered as ...
... ground in the competition with our own . I am the more induced to make this remark , as , from the excessive excitement , and over- trading of the last year , I am ready to acknowledge that , taken by itself , it cannot be considered as ...
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... ground of complaint . It has been alleged , that the Americans build their ships upon cheaper terms than we do . This I do not believe . Timber , I admit , is cheaper in the United States , but almost every other article employed in ...
... ground of complaint . It has been alleged , that the Americans build their ships upon cheaper terms than we do . This I do not believe . Timber , I admit , is cheaper in the United States , but almost every other article employed in ...
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... ground for despondency or alarm . But , in making this comparison , in reference to our military ma- rine , we are also to bear in mind , that in 1793 , both the military and commercial marine of France and Spain were much more numerous ...
... ground for despondency or alarm . But , in making this comparison , in reference to our military ma- rine , we are also to bear in mind , that in 1793 , both the military and commercial marine of France and Spain were much more numerous ...
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... that Order submitted for their consideration , he thus took the earliest opportunity of submitting to the House the grounds on which his Majesty 56 [ Nov. CORN IMPORTATION ACTS- Corn Importation Acts-Order in Council opening the Ports.
... that Order submitted for their consideration , he thus took the earliest opportunity of submitting to the House the grounds on which his Majesty 56 [ Nov. CORN IMPORTATION ACTS- Corn Importation Acts-Order in Council opening the Ports.
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Page 583 - I candidly confess, that I have ever looked on Cuba . as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our / system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 582 - We begin to broach the idea that we consider the whole Gulf Stream as of our waters, in which hostilities and cruising are to be frowned on for the present, and prohibited so soon as either consent or force will permit us.
Page 434 - A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate?
Page 286 - Ireland, with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the Protestant establishment ; and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his majesty's subjects.
Page 581 - You know that the navigation cannot be practised without a port, where the sea and river vessels may meet and exchange loads, and where those employed about them may be safe and unmolested. The right to use a thing, comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.
Page 581 - ... containing about ten thousand white inhabitants of every age and sex. Reason and events, however, may, by little and little, familiarize them to it.
Page 11 - And be it enacted that Goods the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, shall not be imported into the United Kingdom to be used therein; in Foreign Ships, unless they be the Ships of the Country in Asia, Africa, or America, of which the goods are the produce and from which they are imported...
Page 115 - Plantations or Territories to his Majesty belonging or in his possession or which may hereafter belong unto or be in the possession of his Majesty His Heires and Successors in Asia Africa or America...
Page 432 - From that moment, as by a charm, the tumults subsided; obedience was restored ; peace, order, and civilization followed in the train of liberty. When the day-star of the English Constitution had arisen in their hearts, all was harmony within and without. Simul alba nautis Stella refulsit, Defluit saxis agitatus humor: Concidunt venti, fugiuntque nubes; Et minax (quod sic voluere) ponto Unda recumbit.
Page 565 - For the last thirty years I have been in the habit of receiving a volume of poems or a poem, printed or manuscript — I will not say daily, though I sometimes receive more than one in a day, but at very short intervals. I have been consulted by hundreds of writers of verse as to the merit of their performances, and have often advised the writers to the...