The political life of ... George Canning, from ... 1822 to ... 1827, 第 3 卷 |
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... House of Commons . Canning's Illness , Death , and Funeral . - ― CHAP . XVIII . - Mr. 299 Comparison of the Domestick Policy of the Duke of Wel- lington's Government with that of Mr. Canning . — Test Act . Catholick Question . Corn Laws ...
... House of Commons . Canning's Illness , Death , and Funeral . - ― CHAP . XVIII . - Mr. 299 Comparison of the Domestick Policy of the Duke of Wel- lington's Government with that of Mr. Canning . — Test Act . Catholick Question . Corn Laws ...
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... House of Commons a new Navigation Act , and marking his strong sense of our altered position by the following very just observations : " We " are now , " he said , " in a situation extremely " different from that in which we were placed ...
... House of Commons a new Navigation Act , and marking his strong sense of our altered position by the following very just observations : " We " are now , " he said , " in a situation extremely " different from that in which we were placed ...
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... House of Commons to compel the Bank to resume its cash payments , in two years from the time of passing it . For this resumption , in the then existing state of affairs , he thought that the Bank would hardly be prepared ; he therefore ...
... House of Commons to compel the Bank to resume its cash payments , in two years from the time of passing it . For this resumption , in the then existing state of affairs , he thought that the Bank would hardly be prepared ; he therefore ...
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... Houses , unable to meet these sudden demands upon them , stopped their payments s - the panick became universal . Firms of the highest character , and the longest stand- ing became suspected , and bills , which , in ordi- nary times ...
... Houses , unable to meet these sudden demands upon them , stopped their payments s - the panick became universal . Firms of the highest character , and the longest stand- ing became suspected , and bills , which , in ordi- nary times ...
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... House , moved as a resolution , that " all notes " under the value of five pounds , and stamped " previously to the 5th of February 1826 , should " be allowed to circulate until the 5th of February 1829 , and no longer . " In intro ...
... House , moved as a resolution , that " all notes " under the value of five pounds , and stamped " previously to the 5th of February 1826 , should " be allowed to circulate until the 5th of February 1829 , and no longer . " In intro ...
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第 92 頁 - That through a determined and persevering, but at the same time judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his Majesty's subjects.
第 187 頁 - ... which this country stands, our business is not to seek opportunities of displaying it, but to content ourselves with letting the professors of violent and exaggerated doctrines on both sides feel, that it is not their interest to convert an umpire into an adversary. The situation of England, amidst the struggle of political opinions which agitates more or less sensibly different countries of the world, may be compared to that of the Ruler of the Winds, as described by the poet: — " Celsa sedet...
第 117 頁 - Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude; from this last-mentioned point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude...
第 187 頁 - I have said) put up with almost any thing that did not touch national faith and national honor, rather than let slip the furies of war, the leash of which we hold in our hands— not knowing whom they may reach, or how far their ravages may be carried.
第 187 頁 - It is the contemplation of this new power in any future war which excites my most anxious apprehension. It is one thing to have a giant's strength, but it would be another to use it like a giant. The consciousness of such strength is, undoubtedly, a source of confidence and security ; but in the situation in which this country stands, our business is not to seek opportunities of displaying it, but to content ourselves with letting the professors of violent and exaggerated doctrines on both sides...
第 52 頁 - These persons seem to imagine that, under no possible circumstances, can an honest man endeavour to keep his country upon a line with the progress of political knowledge, and to adapt its course to the varying circumstances of the world. Such an attempt is branded as an indication of mischievous intentions, as evidence of a design to sap the foundations of the greatness of the country.
第 195 頁 - If France occupied Spain, was it necessary, in order to avoid the consequences of that occupation — that we should blockade Cadiz ? No. I looked another way — I sought materials of compensation in another hemisphere. Contemplating Spain, such as our ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain " with the Indies" I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
第 117 頁 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
第 195 頁 - Was there no other mode of resistance than by a direct attack upon France ; or by a war to be undertaken on the soil of Spain ? What if the possession of Spain might be rendered harmless in rival hands — harmless as regarded us — and valueless to the possessors ? Might not compensation for disparagement be obtained, and the policy of our ancestors vindicated, by means better adapted to the present time...
第 86 頁 - That the state of Slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British Constitution, and of the Christian religion ; and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British Colonies, with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the wellbeing of the parties concerned.