pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addressesHarper & brothers, 1848 - United States |
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Page 251
... tobacco by Whelden , in which I should have thought a little delay would have appeared absolutely advisable for another reason , besides that men- tioned by you , of an additional duty taking place ; and that was the great demand for ...
... tobacco by Whelden , in which I should have thought a little delay would have appeared absolutely advisable for another reason , besides that men- tioned by you , of an additional duty taking place ; and that was the great demand for ...
Page 252
... tobacco . When money is wanting , it can- not be expected ; but , when a sum lies in your hands , it should cer- tainly be applied that way , as far as it will go . I likewise observe the difficulties you have met with in settling for ...
... tobacco . When money is wanting , it can- not be expected ; but , when a sum lies in your hands , it should cer- tainly be applied that way , as far as it will go . I likewise observe the difficulties you have met with in settling for ...
Page 257
... tobacco shipped in the Bland to account for the lowness of the price . That some of the tobacco was small , I shall not undertake to dispute ; but at the same time I must observe , that it was clean and neatly handled , which I ...
... tobacco shipped in the Bland to account for the lowness of the price . That some of the tobacco was small , I shall not undertake to dispute ; but at the same time I must observe , that it was clean and neatly handled , which I ...
Page 258
... tobacco to Cuzzens , and while I remain in expectation of her arrival , I will not seek a freight elsewhere for the residue of what I intend for your house from this river , which probably may amount to about thirty hogsheads more . My ...
... tobacco to Cuzzens , and while I remain in expectation of her arrival , I will not seek a freight elsewhere for the residue of what I intend for your house from this river , which probably may amount to about thirty hogsheads more . My ...
Page 260
... tobacco , and one hundred and fifteen of mine . That the sales are pitifully low needs no words to demonstrate ; and that they are worse than many of my acquaintance upon the river Potomac have got in the outports , and from Mr. Russell ...
... tobacco , and one hundred and fifteen of mine . That the sales are pitifully low needs no words to demonstrate ; and that they are worse than many of my acquaintance upon the river Potomac have got in the outports , and from Mr. Russell ...
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Page 232 - 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.) I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend...
Page 226 - Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon 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...
Page 233 - There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon, real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 231 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury, from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected...
Page 229 - So likewise a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 225 - It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Page 219 - The South, in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand. Turning partly into its own channels the seamen of the North, it finds its particular navigation invigorated; and while it contributes in different ways to nourish and increase the general mass of the national navigation, it looks forward to the protection of a maritime strength to which itself is unequally adapted.
Page 217 - ... 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.
Page 231 - 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 222 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNIOW by which they were 'procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens ? To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a Government for the whole is indispensable.