Hidden fields
Books Books
" ... with which he was charged a secret agent of his Government was employed in intrigues having for their object a subversion of our Government and a dismemberment of our happy union. In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States... "
History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution, from the ... - Page 910
by C. H. Gifford - 1817
Full view - About this book

Neutrality: The Crucifixion of Public Opinion, from the American Point of View

S. Ivor Stephen - 1916 - 252 pages
...in his message to Congress of June 1, 1812, said: "In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States, our attention is necessarily drawn...just renewed by the savages on one of our extensive frontiers—a warfare which is known to spare neither age nor sex and to be distinguished by features...
Full view - About this book

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 2

United States. President - 1917 - 592 pages
...and inspiring confidence in the sincerity of the negotiation with which he was charged a secret agent of his Government was employed in intrigues having for their object a subvers1on of our Government and a dismemberment of out happy union. savages on one of our extensive...
Full view - About this book

Report of the Work of the Public Archives ...

Public Archives of Canada - 1896 - 856 pages
...state, at the time he was holding the language of friendship, of" a secret agentof his ''government in intrigues, having for their object a subversion...government '' and a dismemberment of our happy Union". John Henry, the person referred to, whose letters are given in lull in note B., at the time the letters...
Full view - About this book

Annual Register, Volume 54

Edmund Burke - 1813 - 824 pages
...and inspired confidence in the sincerity of Ae negociation with wlvch he was charged, a secret agent of his government was employed in intrigues, having...subversion of our government, and a dismemberment of our bappj union. In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain towards the United States, our attention is...
Full view - About this book

The Reign of George III, 1760-1815

John Steven Watson - 1960 - 668 pages
...prosperity by supplying the deficiency of British shipping caused by the wars. Madison's fifth point was 'the warfare just renewed by the savages on one of our extensive frontiers . . . among tribes in constant intercourse with British traders and garrisons'. Here was a more powerful...
Limited preview - About this book

Deeds Done in Words: Presidential Rhetoric and the Genres of Governance

Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 pages
...spilt American blood within the sanctuary of our territorial jurisdiction," called attention to British "intrigues having for their object a subversion of...Government and a dismemberment of our happy union," and, after a narrative detailing specific injuries, concluded: "We behold, in fine, on the side of...
Limited preview - About this book

1812: The War That Forged a Nation

Walter R. Borneman - 2004 - 384 pages
...itself "the monopoly which she covets for her own commerce and navigation." He devoted only a paragraph to "the warfare just renewed by the savages on one of our extensive frontiers," but concluded that it was "difficult to account for this activity" without connecting it to the presence...
Limited preview - About this book

Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

Peter L. Bernstein - 2005 - 472 pages
...Britain's "lawless violence" on the seas over so long a period of time. Then he drew Congress's attention to "the warfare just renewed by the savages on one of our extensive frontiers, a warfare which . . . spare [s] neither age nor sex and to be distinguished by features particularly shocking to humanity."...
Limited preview - About this book

The Statesman's Manual: Containing the Addresses and Messages of ..., Volume 1

United States. President - 1858 - 802 pages
...inspiring confidence in the sincerity of the negotiation with which he was charged, a secret agent of his government was employed in intrigues, having...happy union. In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States, our attention is necessarily drawn to the warfare just renewed by the savages...
Full view - About this book

Calls to Arms: Presidential Speeches, Messages, and Declarations of War

Russell D. Buhite - 2003 - 420 pages
...and inspiring confidence in the sincerity of the negotiation with which he was charged a secret agent of his Government was employed in intrigues having...happy Union. In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States our attention is necessarily drawn to the warfare just renewed by the savages...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF