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, &cCarey & Lea, 1832 - 226 pages |
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... greater part of my life has been passed out of England , and in the diplomatic service of my country ; and before my visit to America I had seen most of the countries of Europe . Yet still it must be confessed that I did not arrive in ...
... greater part of my life has been passed out of England , and in the diplomatic service of my country ; and before my visit to America I had seen most of the countries of Europe . Yet still it must be confessed that I did not arrive in ...
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... homes not great , vulgar errors are rectified , or prejudiced mistatements contradicted , with greater facility and certainty than where that serious obstacle to an intimate acquaintance between two nations intervenes , 18.
... homes not great , vulgar errors are rectified , or prejudiced mistatements contradicted , with greater facility and certainty than where that serious obstacle to an intimate acquaintance between two nations intervenes , 18.
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... greater duration , they perceive the existence of counteracting causes preventing many of the bad effects which they anti- cipated , and even begin to think that the transition to a form of government like their own would neither be so ...
... greater duration , they perceive the existence of counteracting causes preventing many of the bad effects which they anti- cipated , and even begin to think that the transition to a form of government like their own would neither be so ...
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... greater the multitude , the more elevated must be the position which it is necessary to take , in order to be advantageously in their view . " Then , on the score of expense , the opponents of popular representation will say , ' you ...
... greater the multitude , the more elevated must be the position which it is necessary to take , in order to be advantageously in their view . " Then , on the score of expense , the opponents of popular representation will say , ' you ...
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... greater proportion are not legal men , and often very imperfectly qua- lified to decide on legal points ; they are liable to greater responsibility however than our magistracy , and although sometimes acting de facto as equitable ...
... greater proportion are not legal men , and often very imperfectly qua- lified to decide on legal points ; they are liable to greater responsibility however than our magistracy , and although sometimes acting de facto as equitable ...
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Page 39 - 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.
Page 41 - 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.
Page 40 - Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices...
Page 42 - 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.
Page 53 - 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 5 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...
Page 156 - An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory...
Page 43 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Page 42 - ... the concessions, by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained; and by exciting jealousy, ill-will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld: and it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favourite nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity...
Page 43 - 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? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...