The Works of Alexander Hamilton: CorrespondenceC. S. Francis, 1851 |
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Стр. 500 - Mr. Jefferson appears to me to be a man who will embody himself with the House of Representatives. By weakening the office of President, he will increase his personal power. He will diminish his responsibility, sap the fundamental principles of the Government, and become the leader of that party which is about to constitute the majority of the Legislature. The morals of the author of the letter to Mazzei cannot be pure.
Стр. 320 - I have finally determined to accept the commission of commander in chief of the armies of the United States, with the reserve only,... that I shall not be called into the field until the army is in a situation to require my presence, or it becomes indispensable by the urgency of circumstances.
Стр. 528 - Perhaps no man in the United States has sacrificed or done more for the present Constitution than myself; and contrary to all my anticipations of its fate, as you know from the very beginning, I am still laboring to prop the frail and worthless fabric. Yet I have the murmurs of its friends no less than the curses of its foes for my reward. What can I do better than withdraw from the scene? Every day proves to me more and more, that this American world was not made for me.
Стр. 73 - For this purpose you are to make the most candid and confidential communications upon all subjects to the ministers of our generous ally the King of France, to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge and concurrence and ultimately to govern yourselves by their advice and Opinion...
Стр. 438 - In weighing this suggestion, you will doubtless bear in mind, that popular governments must certainly be overturned ; and, while they endure, prove engines of mischief, if one party will call to its aid all the resources which vice can give, and if the other (however pressing the emergency) confines itself within all the ordinary forms of delicacy and decorum.
Стр. 555 - This plan was, in my conception, conformable with the strict theory of a government purely republican ; the essential criteria of which are, that the principal organs of the executive and legislative departments be elected by the people, and hold their offices by a responsible and temporary or defeasible tenure.
Стр. 497 - If there be a man in the world I ought to hate, it is Jefferson. With Burr I have always been personally well. BUT THE PUBLIC GOOD MUST BE PARAMOUNT TO EVERY PRIVATE CONSIDERATION.
Стр. 126 - An Act making further provision for the support of the public credit," and for the redemption of the public debt...
Стр. 491 - ... prizes the ports of either of the two parties, the said public or private ships, as well as their prizes, shall not be obliged to pay any duty either to the officers of the place, the judges or any others; nor shall such prizes, when they come to and enter the ports of either party, be arrested or seized, nor shall the officers of the place make examination concerning the lawfulness of such prizes, but they may hoist sail at any time and depart and carry their prizes to the places expressed in...
Стр. 146 - ... will stick by one ; the youth, or young men from different parts of the United States would be assembled together, and would by degrees discover that there was not that cause for those jealousies and prejudices which one part of the Union had imbibed against another part : — of course, sentiments of more liberality in the general policy of the country would result from it.