 | 1806 - 544 pages
...between m»t nations, impose on us the obligation1 of' providing afi' effectual and determined oppoKtlotl to a doctrine so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations.' Indeed the confidence •we ought to IVuve oivtlie jn.itjce of others still countenances tliehope, that a sounder \iew of those fights will... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...nations, impofe on us the obligation of providing an effectual and determined oppolition to a doctrine fo injurious to the rights of peaceable nations. Indeed the confidence we ought to have in the jultioc of others, dill countenances t-lie hope, that » founder view of thofe right» will of itfelf... | |
 | 1807 - 442 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the author" ity of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us " the obligation of providing...so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations." The third article of complaint made by the Message, entirely applies to Spain. " With Spain (says it)... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1827 - 374 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations." It was now that a line of policy was adopted, which though it had been in some degree that of his predecessors,... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...doctrine so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations. In consequence of these suggestions of the Executive, the first measures taken by Congress were the... | |
 | Joseph Coe - 1841 - 416 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...itself, induce from every belligerent a more correct observance of them. With Spain our negotiations for a settlement of differences have not had a satisfactory... | |
 | United States. President - 1842 - 794 pages
...our constituents and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...countenances the hope that a sounder view of those rights ^ill of itself induce from every belligerent a more correct observance of them. With Spain our negotiations... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...doctrine so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations. In consequence of these suggestions of the Executive, the first measures taken by Congress were the... | |
 | Robert Taylor Conrad - 1846 - 900 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations." It was from these causes that a line of policy was adopted, which, though it had been in some degree... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 692 pages
...our constituents, and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the only umpire between just nations, impose on us the obligation of providing...so injurious to the rights of peaceable nations." Our attention is called to the important point of new interpolations into the law of nations, or in... | |
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... its aiding that enemy in the war; but reason revolts at such an inconsistency, and the neutral having equal right with the belligerent to decide the question, the interests of our constituents and the duty of maintaining the authority of reason, the... 
