The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1824 - History |
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... ment would take more in advance than the rest of the continental allies : the plenipotentiaries of the continental allies , to prepare their despatches for Madrid ; the British plenipotentiary , to renew at Paris the remonstrances he ...
... ment would take more in advance than the rest of the continental allies : the plenipotentiaries of the continental allies , to prepare their despatches for Madrid ; the British plenipotentiary , to renew at Paris the remonstrances he ...
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... ment itself appropriated to the liquidation of the claim , being about half a million sterling . The business , on which sir W. A'Court ( our minister at Madrid ) was first employed there , was in making these remonstrances , and in de ...
... ment itself appropriated to the liquidation of the claim , being about half a million sterling . The business , on which sir W. A'Court ( our minister at Madrid ) was first employed there , was in making these remonstrances , and in de ...
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... ment , by some strange and unac- countable delusion , and in spite of all the remonstrances which his majesty's ministers had made to them on the subject , should have ever thought , and indeed should still continue to think , that , in ...
... ment , by some strange and unac- countable delusion , and in spite of all the remonstrances which his majesty's ministers had made to them on the subject , should have ever thought , and indeed should still continue to think , that , in ...
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... ment of this house , a tone of more dignified remonstrance would have been better calculated to preserve the peace of the Continent , and thereby to secure the nation more effectually from the hazard of being involved in the calamities ...
... ment of this house , a tone of more dignified remonstrance would have been better calculated to preserve the peace of the Continent , and thereby to secure the nation more effectually from the hazard of being involved in the calamities ...
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... ment of Spain ? Again and again he boldly answered , No. Since , then , neither Spain , nor the voice of the people of England , nor the faith of treaties , nor the interest , nor the honour of the country , re- quired of us war , was ...
... ment of Spain ? Again and again he boldly answered , No. Since , then , neither Spain , nor the voice of the people of England , nor the faith of treaties , nor the interest , nor the honour of the country , re- quired of us war , was ...
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Page 193 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced, that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.
Page 193 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its Powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Page 193 - We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Page 185 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
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Page 48 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Page 192 - The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of the liberty and happiness of their fellow-men on that side of the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 229 - That, to pursue schemes of conquest, and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation.
Page 153 - ... necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Page 87 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...