The Historical Register of the United States, Band 3Thomas H. Palmer G. Palmer, 1814 Contents.--v. 1-2, From the declaration of war in 1812 to Jan. 1, 1814.--v. 3-4, For 1814. |
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... circumstance tending to restore or preserve the health of the troops . It is the duty of hospital surgeons , or others acting in that ca- pacity , to superintend every thing that relates to the hospital , as to its construction , its ...
... circumstance tending to restore or preserve the health of the troops . It is the duty of hospital surgeons , or others acting in that ca- pacity , to superintend every thing that relates to the hospital , as to its construction , its ...
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... circumstances under which brick or lime kilns may be burnt within the city ; for ordering the necessary number of scuttle doors and ladders upon the roofs of any house covered with wood ; preventing the burning of any articles so near ...
... circumstances under which brick or lime kilns may be burnt within the city ; for ordering the necessary number of scuttle doors and ladders upon the roofs of any house covered with wood ; preventing the burning of any articles so near ...
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... circumstances , " he adds , " a nation proud of its rights , and conscious of its strength , has no choice but an exertion of the one in support of the other , " and as an en- couragement to this determination enumerates the late ...
... circumstances , " he adds , " a nation proud of its rights , and conscious of its strength , has no choice but an exertion of the one in support of the other , " and as an en- couragement to this determination enumerates the late ...
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... circumstances of Europe , ought not the restrictive system then to terminate ? Indubitably . All the reasons which justified and recommended its continuance had ceased . Suppose we were to persist in the measure . Does any one believe ...
... circumstances of Europe , ought not the restrictive system then to terminate ? Indubitably . All the reasons which justified and recommended its continuance had ceased . Suppose we were to persist in the measure . Does any one believe ...
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... circumstances to justify it . Those who adapt their conduct to a change of circumstances act not inconsistently but otherwise . They would be inconsistent if they persisted in a course of measures , after the reasons which called for ...
... circumstances to justify it . Those who adapt their conduct to a change of circumstances act not inconsistently but otherwise . They would be inconsistent if they persisted in a course of measures , after the reasons which called for ...
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Seite 172 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Seite 172 - To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Seite 172 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Seite 169 - Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations...
Seite 199 - Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate such information as he may possess...
Seite 208 - To discern and to profit by these tides in national affairs is the business of those who preside over them ; and they who have had much experience on this head inform us, that there frequently are occasions when days, nay, even when hours, are precious. The loss of a battle, the death...
Seite 172 - It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution.
Seite 211 - Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury be directed to prepare and report to the senate at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the power of Congress, to the purposes of opening roads and making canals...
Seite 208 - They who have turned their attention to the affairs of men must have perceived that there are tides in them ; tides very irregular in their duration, strength, and direction, and seldom found to run twice exactly in the same manner or measure. To discern and to profit by these tides in national affairs is the business of those who preside over them ; and they who have had much experience on this head inform us that there frequently are occasions when days, nay, even when hours, are precious.
Seite 172 - To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 13th instant.