Lanterna Rally

Author: James Madison

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13: 9781330848739

Excerpt from Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, Vol. 3 of 4: Fourth President of the United States; In Four Volumes; Published by Order of Congress To Alexander J. Dallas. April 9; His purpose of resigning the Secretaryship of the Treasury. His ability and zeal. His consent to prolong his functions to a given date, for a particular and important object. His invaluable services. Personal; To J. B. Say. Washington, May 4; His treatise on Political Economy. Necessary postponement of an entire and continued perusal. Its high value. His possible immigration to U. S. A compliment and a caution; To William Eustis. May 12; Dutch humiliation. De Nagel. Connexion with Russia. The Dutch Government, during the absence of the Prince of Orange, a Government de facto. Principle implied in the restoration of Louis 18th by the Allies. American indemnities. Pinkney and Naples. Gallatin and France. The Peace of Paris. Military establishments of G. Britain and Russia. Spirit, &c., all over Europe. U. States and Spain. Internal affairs. Finances. National Bank. War Taxes. Double effect of the provision for fostering manufactures. Elections. New system in the Eastern quarter. Monopoly. The shipping interest. Commercial Treaty with G. Britain. Jay's Treaty. "Countervailing regulations." Dallas's proposed retirement. Weather. Crops; To John Nicholas. Washington, May 30; Interior politics of N. York. Defence of a P. O. appointment there. Meigs. Unreliableness of statements of conversations. Motives for preventing measures taken on the fairest grounds; To John Rhea. Washington, June 1; A Commissioner for receiving subscriptions to the National Bank; and also for treating with the Choctaws. Considerations of national policy towards the Indians. A double extinction of Indian claims preferable to the risk of injustice. Acquisitions made by the heroic successes of General Jackson. His immortal reputation; To William H. Crawford. Montpellier, June 21; Gen. Gaines. Extreme measures discountenanced. The preferable mode of resorting to them if necessary. Contingent invasion of a foreign territory, and a consequence of it About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.