Remarks on the Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States: With Some Observations on the Ecclesiastical System of America, Her Sources of Revenue, &c. To which are Added Statistical Tables, &cJ. Rodwell, 1832 - 208 páginas |
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... nations have not been removed by a residence in that country ; at least , the total unfitness of a republican government for adoption in England still appears to me incontrovertible . America , by her political system , iv.
... nations have not been removed by a residence in that country ; at least , the total unfitness of a republican government for adoption in England still appears to me incontrovertible . America , by her political system , iv.
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... appear at first sight fraught with danger , will perhaps on a nearer examination be found well adapted to the American Union ; for we are prone unconsciously to apply the arguments that would be good in England to a country extremely ...
... appear at first sight fraught with danger , will perhaps on a nearer examination be found well adapted to the American Union ; for we are prone unconsciously to apply the arguments that would be good in England to a country extremely ...
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... appears , I think , likely to last , and adapt itself to the mutations brought on by the lapse of years , with at least as fair a prospect of success as the nature of most human institutions can promise . CHAPTER II . Nature of American ...
... appears , I think , likely to last , and adapt itself to the mutations brought on by the lapse of years , with at least as fair a prospect of success as the nature of most human institutions can promise . CHAPTER II . Nature of American ...
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... appear that she , from whatever cause , ever was re- ceived in the higher circles . Of Boston and New England generally , which others * describe as , par excellence , the seat of ultra aristocracy in the United States , the work does ...
... appear that she , from whatever cause , ever was re- ceived in the higher circles . Of Boston and New England generally , which others * describe as , par excellence , the seat of ultra aristocracy in the United States , the work does ...
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... become a set phrase , a common - place of our par- liamentary eloquence , and which , like many others , is founded solely on error . It is very singular that this phrase has been I confess that it does not appear to me very F 2 67.
... become a set phrase , a common - place of our par- liamentary eloquence , and which , like many others , is founded solely on error . It is very singular that this phrase has been I confess that it does not appear to me very F 2 67.
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Página 24 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 25 - Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy.
Página 25 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 26 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 37 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Página 136 - An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory...
Página 137 - States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms.
Página 37 - And it shall have exclusively all such jurisdiction of suits or proceedings against ambassadors or other public ministers, or their domestics or domestic servants, as a court of law can have consistently with the law of nations; and original but not exclusive jurisdiction of all suits brought by ambassadors or other public ministers, or in which a consul or vice-consul is a party.
Página 26 - ... facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Página 27 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?