Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, During the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15: With Some Additional Letters and Documents Elucidating the History of that PeriodWay & Gideon, 1823 - 510 páginas |
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... ment to its termination . The young men of America now advanced , and advancing , to manhood , must be highly gratified in perusing this volume ; they will there see their fathers , their brothers , and their friends , in their true ...
... ment to its termination . The young men of America now advanced , and advancing , to manhood , must be highly gratified in perusing this volume ; they will there see their fathers , their brothers , and their friends , in their true ...
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... ment was employed in intrigues , having for their object a subver- sion of our government , and a dismemberment of our happy union . In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States , our attention is necessarily drawn ...
... ment was employed in intrigues , having for their object a subver- sion of our government , and a dismemberment of our happy union . In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States , our attention is necessarily drawn ...
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... ment on the same branch of our neutral trade , which had nearly involved the two countries in war . That difference , however , was amicably accommodated . The pretension was withdrawn , and reparation made to the United States for the ...
... ment on the same branch of our neutral trade , which had nearly involved the two countries in war . That difference , however , was amicably accommodated . The pretension was withdrawn , and reparation made to the United States for the ...
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... ment to avenge their wrongs , and vindicate the rights and honour of the country . From this period the British government has gone on in a con- tinued encroachment on the rights and interests of the United States , disregarding in its ...
... ment to avenge their wrongs , and vindicate the rights and honour of the country . From this period the British government has gone on in a con- tinued encroachment on the rights and interests of the United States , disregarding in its ...
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... ment which was entered into with the British minister in 1809 , and France maintained her decrees with France would the United States have had to resist , with the firmness belonging to their character , the continued violation of their ...
... ment which was entered into with the British minister in 1809 , and France maintained her decrees with France would the United States have had to resist , with the firmness belonging to their character , the continued violation of their ...
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Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States ... John Brannan Vista de fragmentos - 1971 |
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Página 502 - All Territory, Places, and Possessions whatsoever taken by either Party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty, excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay...
Página 505 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river, to the fortyfifth degree of north latitude; from thence, by a line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy...
Página 504 - The said Commissioners shall, by a declaration or " report under their hands and seals, decide to which of the "two contracting parties the several islands aforesaid do "respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent " of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred "and eighty-three.
Página 505 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake...
Página 502 - ... have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States has appointed...
Página 506 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed; it is agreed, that for these several purposes, two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized, to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Página 507 - Majesty and to the agents of the United States, who may be respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business on behalf of their respective Governments.
Página 9 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
Página 9 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Página 503 - ... shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.