http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f59-date%3D1803%3A%3A02%3A%3A18 Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f59-date=1803::02::18 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-02000b.xml IT may be deemed presumptuous, in an obscure citizen, to address the rulers of his country, on a theme of such importance as War or Peace; nor would the com- piler of this address, have ventured to assume the office of a counsellor, were he not impelled by peculiar circum- stances. He is not instigated by his own interest, for he and his affairs are far remote from the scene of action; and his prosperity is wholly disentangled from any effect, which the acquisition of the Missisippi, will produce on private conditions. He is not impelled by a vain conceit of his own abilities, for he means to draw his arguments from the mouth of an enemy, and, instead of relying on his own abilities, desires to exact attention and regard to nothing but these arguments themselves…. In fine, he would not have thought of addressing his country thus, had he not just procured an extraordinary performance, in which the views of the French, relative to Louisiana, are unfolded, too plainly for the interest and safety o... http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-02000b.xml Fri, 18 Feb 1803 12:00:00 GMT