Speech ... on the claims of American merchants for indemnities for French spoliations.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781418194437
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: MR. PRESIDENT: While no lawful public engagement ought ever to be broken, debts founded on the appropriation of private property to the general use, and especially to the discharge of obligations incurred in the war of the Revolution, are practically guarantied by the Constitution, and are stamped with a peculiar equity.