A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain and the Several Other European Powers ...John Debritt J. Debrett, 1802 |
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... affure you , that , from the 1ft of Nivofe next , when all remittances of money from England to France , and from France to England , for the subsistence and treatment of prifoners of war , are to ceafe , your countrymen in France fhall ...
... affure you , that , from the 1ft of Nivofe next , when all remittances of money from England to France , and from France to England , for the subsistence and treatment of prifoners of war , are to ceafe , your countrymen in France fhall ...
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... affure you , that the fai cartel fhall be executed with that ftrict attention to good faith which will characterize all the acts of the French Confuls ; an that , if they have felt it their duty , under the prefent circum ftances , to ...
... affure you , that the fai cartel fhall be executed with that ftrict attention to good faith which will characterize all the acts of the French Confuls ; an that , if they have felt it their duty , under the prefent circum ftances , to ...
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... affure you , that in future you will be without excufe , and that your chiefs will know of no lenity . The depôt of your glory is intrufted to us ; and we will never fuffer our fatisfaction in your victories to be interrupted by the ...
... affure you , that in future you will be without excufe , and that your chiefs will know of no lenity . The depôt of your glory is intrufted to us ; and we will never fuffer our fatisfaction in your victories to be interrupted by the ...
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... affure you that every mean poflible will be employed to fecure your happiness and profperity . When I found myself among you , I had an opportunity of being convinced of your good difpofition , of your fubmiffion to the laws , and of ...
... affure you that every mean poflible will be employed to fecure your happiness and profperity . When I found myself among you , I had an opportunity of being convinced of your good difpofition , of your fubmiffion to the laws , and of ...
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... affure the French general officers and foldiers , that the allied courts , that of Vienna included , have no other intention than to terminate the horrors of war , which are prolonged by the extravagant pretenfions of the French ...
... affure the French general officers and foldiers , that the allied courts , that of Vienna included , have no other intention than to terminate the horrors of war , which are prolonged by the extravagant pretenfions of the French ...
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Seite 86 - ... enlightened by a benign religion, professed indeed and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which, by all its dispensations, proves that it delights in the happiness of man here, and his greater happiness hereafter; with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people?
Seite 86 - I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.
Seite 86 - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Seite 87 - I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional ; and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.
Seite 87 - These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment : they should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic...
Seite 87 - ... the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a welldisciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public...
Seite 87 - They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Seite 421 - ... sound principles will not justify our taxing the industry of our fellow-citizens to accumulate treasure for wars to happen we know not when, and which might not perhaps happen but from the temptations offered by that treasure.
Seite 419 - ... nations, have at length come to an end, and that the communications of peace and commerce are once more opening among them.
Seite 85 - And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.