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... Britain has been emphatical- ly a war reign . In 1760 , he ascended the throne and found the nation at war with France . Besides his wars in the East and West Indies , almost half of his reign has been consumed in wars with this country ...
... Britain has been emphatical- ly a war reign . In 1760 , he ascended the throne and found the nation at war with France . Besides his wars in the East and West Indies , almost half of his reign has been consumed in wars with this country ...
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... Britain and Spain during the reign of the present king ; three have terminated ami- cably by negociation , and three have resulted in war . In 1761 , when Great Britain was at war with France , a memorial was presented by the French ...
... Britain and Spain during the reign of the present king ; three have terminated ami- cably by negociation , and three have resulted in war . In 1761 , when Great Britain was at war with France , a memorial was presented by the French ...
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... Britain by discovery and occupancy , an armed force was sent , the fort was taken , the settlement was broken up , and the honor of the British flag violated by the taking off of the rudder of a king's ship , and detaining it on shore ...
... Britain by discovery and occupancy , an armed force was sent , the fort was taken , the settlement was broken up , and the honor of the British flag violated by the taking off of the rudder of a king's ship , and detaining it on shore ...
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... Britain , alleging unredressed depredations on her commerce , and that she was insulted in an attempt to negociate between France and Great Britain . It is evident that this step on the part of Spain was in pursuance of the family ...
... Britain , alleging unredressed depredations on her commerce , and that she was insulted in an attempt to negociate between France and Great Britain . It is evident that this step on the part of Spain was in pursuance of the family ...
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... Britain ; that in all of them she maintained a high sense of character and independence , and that , in points affecting the most delicate considerations of national honor , interest and right , and where occurrences of a very ...
... Britain ; that in all of them she maintained a high sense of character and independence , and that , in points affecting the most delicate considerations of national honor , interest and right , and where occurrences of a very ...
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Seite 76 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Seite 133 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Seite 316 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Seite 227 - A final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Seite 443 - Union are virtually dissolved ; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Seite 77 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Seite 412 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably, if they can ; violently, if they must.
Seite 144 - ... he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the judges, as essential to the impartial administration of justice ; as one of the best securities of the rights and liberties of his subjects; and as most conducive to the honour of the crown.
Seite 418 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...