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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... result of unmeasured censure . Of any intention to mislead the reader of the following remarks , on the subject of the United States , I need hardly say that I am utterly unconscious . The statements now pub- lished are , almost without ...
... result of unmeasured censure . Of any intention to mislead the reader of the following remarks , on the subject of the United States , I need hardly say that I am utterly unconscious . The statements now pub- lished are , almost without ...
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... result of misconception or misrepresentation . Between countries the most dissimilar , and which for centuries have regarded one another as natural and national enemies , the facilities of communication have contributed to ren- der the ...
... result of misconception or misrepresentation . Between countries the most dissimilar , and which for centuries have regarded one another as natural and national enemies , the facilities of communication have contributed to ren- der the ...
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... results , of the mode of government which the people of the United States have adopted . In either case the ignotum pro magnifico accounts for the * Vide M'Gregor's British America , M'Taggart's work , & c . . exaggerated opinions so ...
... results , of the mode of government which the people of the United States have adopted . In either case the ignotum pro magnifico accounts for the * Vide M'Gregor's British America , M'Taggart's work , & c . . exaggerated opinions so ...
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... results of our social system . And if most Americans were honestly to confess their real opinions ( formed after only a short residence in England ) at any period during the last thirty years , I am convinced that there are few who ...
... results of our social system . And if most Americans were honestly to confess their real opinions ( formed after only a short residence in England ) at any period during the last thirty years , I am convinced that there are few who ...
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... results to which they are continually subjected . It would be difficult otherwise to account for the erroneous views that are so often taken of the American republic ; and for the condemnation of a system pursued with such remarkable ...
... results to which they are continually subjected . It would be difficult otherwise to account for the erroneous views that are so often taken of the American republic ; and for the condemnation of a system pursued with such remarkable ...
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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...