The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volumen9Issued under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States, 1903 |
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... parties is to be resisted at once , as a dissolution of it , none can be formed which would last one year . We must have patience and longer endurance then with our brethren while under delusion ; give them time for reflection and ...
... parties is to be resisted at once , as a dissolution of it , none can be formed which would last one year . We must have patience and longer endurance then with our brethren while under delusion ; give them time for reflection and ...
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... parties at war , and be thus communicated , with due certainty , to our citizens . You will be pleased to present to the government where you reside , this proceeding of the President , as a proof of the earnest desire of the United ...
... parties at war , and be thus communicated , with due certainty , to our citizens . You will be pleased to present to the government where you reside , this proceeding of the President , as a proof of the earnest desire of the United ...
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... parties , cannot see with indifference its territory or juris- diction violated by either ; that the government will therefore proceed to inquire into the facts , and for that purpose will receive with pleasure , and consider with ...
... parties , cannot see with indifference its territory or juris- diction violated by either ; that the government will therefore proceed to inquire into the facts , and for that purpose will receive with pleasure , and consider with ...
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... respect to our conduct as a neutral nation , it is marked out in our treaties with France and Holland , two of the belligerent powers ; and as the duties of neutrality require an equal conduct to both parties , we Correspondence 79.
... respect to our conduct as a neutral nation , it is marked out in our treaties with France and Holland , two of the belligerent powers ; and as the duties of neutrality require an equal conduct to both parties , we Correspondence 79.
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Thomas Jefferson. neutrality require an equal conduct to both parties , we should , on that ground , act on the same princi- ples towards Great Britain . We presume that this would be satisfactory to her because of its equality , and ...
Thomas Jefferson. neutrality require an equal conduct to both parties , we should , on that ground , act on the same princi- ples towards Great Britain . We presume that this would be satisfactory to her because of its equality , and ...
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Página 337 - You will have seen by their proceedings the truth of what I always observed to you, that one man outweighs them all in the influence over the people, who have supported his judgment against their own and that of their representatives. Republicanism must lie on its oars, resign the vessel to its pilot, and themselves to the course he thinks best for them.
Página 36 - We surely cannot deny to any nation that right whereon our own government is founded, that every one may govern itself according to whatever form it pleases, and change these forms at its own will ; and that it may transact its business with foreign nations through whatever organ it thinks proper, whether King, Convention, Assembly, Committee, President, or anything else it may choose. The will of the nation is the only thing essential to be regarded.
Página ix - No. That must be the last resource, not to be thought of until much longer and greater sufferings. If every infraction of a compact of so many parties is to be resisted at once, as a dissolution of it, none can ever be formed which would last one year.
Página 10 - The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.
Página 136 - Executive, and to those with whom they consulted, as much against the laws of the land, as to murder or rob, or combine to murder or rob its own citizens...
Página iii - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same.
Página ix - The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union, assembled by their deputies in convention, at the call of Congress, or of two-thirds of the States. Let them decide to which they mean to give an authority claimed by two of their organs.
Página viii - ... peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 97 - We know that under present circumstances we have a right to call upon you for the guarantee of our islands. But we do not desire it. We wish you to do nothing but what is for your own good, and we will do all in our power to promote it. Cherish your own peace and prosperity. You have expressed a willingness to enter into a more liberal...
Página 271 - His Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any Negroes or other property of the American Inhabitants, withdraw all his Armies, Garrisons, and Fleets from the said United States, and from every Port, Place, and Harbour within the same...