http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 XTF Search Results (f1-date=1803;f2-subject=pamphlet) http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/search?f1-date%3D1803;f2-subject%3Dpamphlet Results for your query: f1-date=1803;f2-subject=pamphlet Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT An Address to the Government of the United States, on the Cession of Louisiana to the French; and on the Late Breach of Treaty by the Spaniards: Including the Translation of a Memorial, on the War of St. Domingo, and Cession of the Missisippi [sic] to France, Drawn Up by a French Counsellor of State. Brown, Charles Brockden http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-02000a.xml IT may be deemed presumptuous, in an ob- scure citizen, to address the rulers of his country, on a theme of such importance as War or Peace; nor would the compiler of this address, have ventured to assume the office of a counsellor, were he not im- pelled by peculiar circumstances. He is not insti- gated by his own interest, for he and his affairs are far remote from the scene of action; and his pros- perity 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 proposes 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 of the Un... http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-02000a.xml Sat, 01 Jan 1803 12:00:00 GMT An Address to the Government of the United States, on the Cession of Louisiana to the French, etc [same full title as first ed.]. A New Edition, Revised, Corrected and Improved. Brown, Charles Brockden 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 Interesting Account of the Project of France Respecting Louisiana. By a French Counsellor of State. Brown, Charles Brockden http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-02000c.xml http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-02000c.xml Sat, 01 Jan 1803 12:00:00 GMT Monroe's Embassy, or, the Conduct of the Government, in Relation to Our Claims to the Navigation of the Missisippi [sic], Considered, by the Author of an Address to the Government of the United States, on the Cession of Louisiana, &c. &c. Brown, Charles Brockden http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-03000.xml THE conduct of governments is sometimes easily predicted. They who are conversant with the history of the world, have reason to expect a like catastrophe in dramas that have a general resem- blance to each other. Faction and revolution are, in all ages, productive of uniform scenes, which teach us nothing but the inconsistency and folly of human nature. Sometimes, however, there occur events, to which the keenest foresight was blind; which con- found and defeat all our calculations, and compel us to admit, that men are sometimes, in the most im- portant cases, actuated by mere infatuation or in- sanity. http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1803-03000.xml Thu, 03 Mar 1803 12:00:00 GMT