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... population of the country too is greatly increased , nearly doubled , and the wealth of the nation is perhaps tripled . Whilst our ability to construct a navy is thus enhanced , the necessary maritime protection is propor- tionably ...
... population of the country too is greatly increased , nearly doubled , and the wealth of the nation is perhaps tripled . Whilst our ability to construct a navy is thus enhanced , the necessary maritime protection is propor- tionably ...
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... population of the western country , dependant on this single out- let for its surplus productions ? Kentucky , according to the last enumeration , has 406,511 , Tennessee 261,727 , and Ohio 230,760 . And when the population of the ...
... population of the western country , dependant on this single out- let for its surplus productions ? Kentucky , according to the last enumeration , has 406,511 , Tennessee 261,727 , and Ohio 230,760 . And when the population of the ...
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... population , that which has the small- est contains enough to make it respectable . Throughout all the extent of that great portion of the world , which he had attempted thus hastily to describe , the spirit of revolt against the ...
... population , that which has the small- est contains enough to make it respectable . Throughout all the extent of that great portion of the world , which he had attempted thus hastily to describe , the spirit of revolt against the ...
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... population . On all occasions , she seeks to raise and promote her European subjects , and to degrade and humiliate the creoles . Wherever in America her sway extends , every thing seems to pine and wither beneath its baneful influence ...
... population . On all occasions , she seeks to raise and promote her European subjects , and to degrade and humiliate the creoles . Wherever in America her sway extends , every thing seems to pine and wither beneath its baneful influence ...
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... population . Crowded together in compact masses , even if they were philosophers , the contagion of the passions is communicated and caught , and the effect too often , he admitted , was the overthrow of liberty . Dispersed over such an ...
... population . Crowded together in compact masses , even if they were philosophers , the contagion of the passions is communicated and caught , and the effect too often , he admitted , was the overthrow of liberty . Dispersed over such an ...
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Страница 318 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except such parts as may require secrecy: And the yeas and nays of the members, on any question, shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the journals.
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Страница 153 - Are we so mean, so base, so despicable, that we may not attempt to express our horror, utter our indignation, at the most brutal and atrocious war that ever stained earth or shocked high Heaven ? at the ferocious deeds of a savage and infuriated soldiery, stimulated and urged on by the clergy of a fanatical and inimical religion, and rioting in all the excesses of blood and butchery, at the mere details of which the heart sickens and recoils?
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Страница 109 - We are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in fixed attention upon us. One, and the largest, portion of it is gazing with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy ; the other portion, with hope, with confidence, and with affection. Everywhere the black cloud of legitimacy is suspended over the world, save only one bright spot, which breaks out from the political hemisphere of the west, to enlighten and animate, and...
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Страница 412 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Страница 419 - As the lands may now be considered as relieved from this pledge, the object for which they were ceded having been accomplished, it is in the discretion of Congress to dispose of them in such way as best to conduce to the quiet, harmony, and general interest, of the American people.