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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... Danish , and Swedish properties , detained in English ports , and to prove still more his fincere defire to terminate amicably the differences which have arifen between Great Britain and the Northern Courts ; and in order that no new ...
... Danish , and Swedish properties , detained in English ports , and to prove still more his fincere defire to terminate amicably the differences which have arifen between Great Britain and the Northern Courts ; and in order that no new ...
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... Danish government , as it was found impoffi- ble for the Danish merchant to withstand the monopolizing of the trade and navigation of Holland . Thus things have gone to great length : pretended fales , pro forma , have been made by ...
... Danish government , as it was found impoffi- ble for the Danish merchant to withstand the monopolizing of the trade and navigation of Holland . Thus things have gone to great length : pretended fales , pro forma , have been made by ...
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... Danish flag ; and entremetteurs , or middlemen , agents , and brokers , charged , in their correfpondence and papers , fo much for com- miffion for what they called neutralization . Royal fea - paffes were obtained at Copenhagen as for ...
... Danish flag ; and entremetteurs , or middlemen , agents , and brokers , charged , in their correfpondence and papers , fo much for com- miffion for what they called neutralization . Royal fea - paffes were obtained at Copenhagen as for ...
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... Danish flag , and exhibit Danish papers ; though , in the cafe of the former , this intercourfe was not only unlawful , but even criminal , upon the ground of exprefs law to that effect , in time of war , and upon the principle of no ...
... Danish flag , and exhibit Danish papers ; though , in the cafe of the former , this intercourfe was not only unlawful , but even criminal , upon the ground of exprefs law to that effect , in time of war , and upon the principle of no ...
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... Danish colours , there was not one but what affumed its native Dutch character at the pacification , and acknowledged its real proprietor by returning to the ports of Holland . The metamorphofe of the French , Dutch , and Spa- niards ...
... Danish colours , there was not one but what affumed its native Dutch character at the pacification , and acknowledged its real proprietor by returning to the ports of Holland . The metamorphofe of the French , Dutch , and Spa- niards ...
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Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 419 - ... nations, have at length come to an end, and that the communications of peace and commerce are once more opening among them.
Página 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.