The Writings of George Washington: pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1836 |
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... Houses were so well convinced of the impropriety and degrading situation of their President , that it was the general opinion , that the President of the United States should neither give nor receive invitations ; some from a belief ...
... Houses were so well convinced of the impropriety and degrading situation of their President , that it was the general opinion , that the President of the United States should neither give nor receive invitations ; some from a belief ...
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... House of Representatives to confer with the committee of the Senate • Madison , 480 on the same subject . This joint committee reported , " That it is im - Madison , 471 proper to annex any style or title to the respective styles or ...
... House of Representatives to confer with the committee of the Senate • Madison , 480 on the same subject . This joint committee reported , " That it is im - Madison , 471 proper to annex any style or title to the respective styles or ...
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... House , and business thereby retarded . Nothing would give me more pleasure , than to serve any of the descendants of General Nelson , of whose merits , when living , no man could entertain a higher opinion than I did . At the same time ...
... House , and business thereby retarded . Nothing would give me more pleasure , than to serve any of the descendants of General Nelson , of whose merits , when living , no man could entertain a higher opinion than I did . At the same time ...
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... House to provide for the expenses that might attend the treaties and negotiations to be made with the Indian tribes , and for the appointment of commissioners to be employed in the same . This bill has to - day passed into a law , and ...
... House to provide for the expenses that might attend the treaties and negotiations to be made with the Indian tribes , and for the appointment of commissioners to be employed in the same . This bill has to - day passed into a law , and ...
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... houses were inclined to a discrimination of duties un- favorable to Britain , and that it would have taken place but for conciliatory considerations , and the probability that the late change in our government and circum- stances would ...
... houses were inclined to a discrimination of duties un- favorable to Britain , and that it would have taken place but for conciliatory considerations , and the probability that the late change in our government and circum- stances would ...
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Стр. 461 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
Стр. 85 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
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Стр. 535 - And I do hereby also make known, that whosoever of the citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations, by committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the said Powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles which are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations, will not receive the protection of the United States...
Стр. 525 - I will not suffer my retirement to be clouded by the slanders of a man, whose history, from the moment at which history can stoop to notice him, is a tissue of machinations against the liberty of the country which has not only received and given him bread, but heaped its honors on his head.
Стр. 532 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Стр. 35 - Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar upon which our national government must rest, I have thought it my duty to nominate for the high offices in that department, such, men as I conceived would give dignity and lustre to our national character...
Стр. 487 - To the President, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Eleven United States of America in Congress assembled...
Стр. 524 - No government > ought to be without censors ; and where the press is free, no one ever will.
Стр. 18 - I had no leisure to read or to answer the despatches, that were pouring in upon me from all quarters. With respect to the third matter, I early received information through very respectable channels, that the adoption thereof was not less essential, than that of the other two, if the President was to preserve the dignity and respect, that were due to the first magistrate. For a contrary conduct had involved the late presidents of Congress in insuperable difficulties, and the office, in this respect,...