Excerpt from Mr. Hillhouse's Speech, on the Resolution to Repeal the Embargo: November 29, 1808 Since that period, unfortunately for our country, a different poli cy has prevailed in its public councils, founded no doubt on the idea that a just nation is trusted on its word; while wars are only necessary to nations of an opposite character.' A policy calculated on to save the necessity of ships of war, and exactly comporting with some of the modern ideas of economy. In pursuance of this policy, our navy has been suffered ...
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Excerpt from Mr. Hillhouse's Speech, on the Resolution to Repeal the Embargo: November 29, 1808 Since that period, unfortunately for our country, a different poli cy has prevailed in its public councils, founded no doubt on the idea that a just nation is trusted on its word; while wars are only necessary to nations of an opposite character.' A policy calculated on to save the necessity of ships of war, and exactly comporting with some of the modern ideas of economy. In pursuance of this policy, our navy has been suffered to decline; and some of our ships have, for years, been moored to rot in the mud of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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1808, Printed by J. Robinson, office of the Federal Republican)
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Printed by J. Robinson, office of the Federal Republican)
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1808
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English
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Very Good. Disbound. Octavo. 15pp. Modest age-toning, very good or better. Inscribed on the front self-wrap by Hillhouse, the Senator of Connecticut: "For the Gentleman-J.H." *OCLC* locates no copies of this imprint.
