 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 232 pages
...barbarians— a whiff of tobacco fmoke or a firing of beads gives not merely binding force but fanflity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought...for money, but when ratified, even Algiers, is too wife or too juft to difown and annul its obligation. Thus we fee neither the ignorance of favages,... | |
 | Fisher Ames - 1809 - 576 pages
...by barbarians : a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1809 - 202 pages
....smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force but sanctity to treaties. Even jn Al^ giers, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified,...too just to disown and annul its obligation. Thus ^ye see neither the ignorance of savages, nor the principles of an association for piracy and rapine,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pages
...barbarians — a whiff of tobacco s:noke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live... | |
 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - 1815 - 534 pages
...barbarians: a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanction to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought...ratified, even Algiers is too wise or too just to disown or annul its obligation. Thus we see, neither the ignorance of savages, nor the principles of an association... | |
 | 1827 - 532 pages
...barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...or a string of beads, gives not mgrelyjbinding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in 7J2g3eScs, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified,...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 558 pages
...barbarians — a whifT of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. " Will the tendency to Indian hostilities," he added, " be contested by any one ? Experience gives... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 pages
...barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...disown and annul its obligation. Thus we see neither tlte ignorance of savages, nor the principles of an association for piracy and rapine, permit a nation... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 326 pages
...ablest statesmen, on a former occasion, " It is observed by barbarians ; a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely a binding force,...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the 228 MR. JOHNS'S SPEECH. foot of the gallows — if the... | |
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It is observed by barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified, even Algiers is too wise, or too just, to disown... 
