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... ministers of designing to restore despotism in France . He called upon them to act as Spain and Prussia had done , by treating with those persons whom the republican armies looked upon as entitled to their obedience . He advised ministers ...
... ministers of designing to restore despotism in France . He called upon them to act as Spain and Prussia had done , by treating with those persons whom the republican armies looked upon as entitled to their obedience . He advised ministers ...
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... ministry , as fallacious and delusive . Instead of the flattering description they had given of the situation of ... ministers disdained to listen to the warning , though enforced from the most respectable quarter . The propriety of ...
... ministry , as fallacious and delusive . Instead of the flattering description they had given of the situation of ... ministers disdained to listen to the warning , though enforced from the most respectable quarter . The propriety of ...
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... minister , though delivered from the throne . His sentiments differed materially from the ministerial lan guage he bad heard . It represented the French as on the verge of ruin ; but the truth of facts , opposed to the illusion of words ...
... minister , though delivered from the throne . His sentiments differed materially from the ministerial lan guage he bad heard . It represented the French as on the verge of ruin ; but the truth of facts , opposed to the illusion of words ...
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... ministers should avail themselves of that pretext , to put an end to all assemblies of the people . So harsh a measure as that proposed had not therefore the least foundation in the unruly behaviour of those meetings , and were it to ...
... ministers should avail themselves of that pretext , to put an end to all assemblies of the people . So harsh a measure as that proposed had not therefore the least foundation in the unruly behaviour of those meetings , and were it to ...
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... minister with having seized the op- portunity of the late riots , to raise an alarm throughout the nation , that might be converted to the sup port of the ruinous measures in which he was still resolved to persist . War , alone , was ...
... minister with having seized the op- portunity of the late riots , to raise an alarm throughout the nation , that might be converted to the sup port of the ruinous measures in which he was still resolved to persist . War , alone , was ...
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Page 295 - ... a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it: accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity: watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety: discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Page 293 - States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.
Page 299 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 302 - 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?
Page 292 - ... it is essential to the due administration of the government, that the boundaries fixed by the constitution between the different departments should be preserved ; a just regard to the constitution, and to the duty of my office, under all the circumstances of this case, forbid a compliance with your request.
Page 298 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed, but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 303 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe, my proclamation of the 22d of April, 1793, is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Page 301 - 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. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment at least is...
Page 299 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character in governments purely elective it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 204 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.