A View of the Political Conduct of Aaron Burr, Esq: Vice-President of the United StatesDenniston & Cheetham, 1802 - 120 páginas |
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... nomination of the Chancellor , he studiously avoided doing any thing to pro- mote his election . The Chancellor was , however , honour- ably and spiritedly supported by the great body of his friends : Mr. Burr was the only man of note ...
... nomination of the Chancellor , he studiously avoided doing any thing to pro- mote his election . The Chancellor was , however , honour- ably and spiritedly supported by the great body of his friends : Mr. Burr was the only man of note ...
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... nominated for Governor in opposition to Judge Yates , the Republican candidate . It was not to be supposed , that so much zeal and activity would be readily forgotten by Mr. Burr , who felt a lively recollec- tion of them in the house ...
... nominated for Governor in opposition to Judge Yates , the Republican candidate . It was not to be supposed , that so much zeal and activity would be readily forgotten by Mr. Burr , who felt a lively recollec- tion of them in the house ...
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... nominate a Vice - President rather precipitately , it is proper to remark , that he was too little known in the different states to render his nomination either judicious or acceptable . There was undoubtedly much intrigue on the part ...
... nominate a Vice - President rather precipitately , it is proper to remark , that he was too little known in the different states to render his nomination either judicious or acceptable . There was undoubtedly much intrigue on the part ...
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... nominated . It was deemed expedient by the members of Congrefs to felect a Vice - President from among the citizens of New - York , and it was understood that Governor Clinton had declined to serve , and that the Deafness of Chancellor ...
... nominated . It was deemed expedient by the members of Congrefs to felect a Vice - President from among the citizens of New - York , and it was understood that Governor Clinton had declined to serve , and that the Deafness of Chancellor ...
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... nomination of Mr. Burr was made known through the Union , the Republican party determined to adhere to it with good ... nominated , he of the most inordinate vanity, or the most unprincipled ...
... nomination of Mr. Burr was made known through the Union , the Republican party determined to adhere to it with good ... nominated , he of the most inordinate vanity, or the most unprincipled ...
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Página 40 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Página 52 - ... utterly disclaim all competition. Be assured that the Federal party can entertain no wish for such an exchange. As to my friends, they would dishonor my views and insult my feelings, by a suspicion that I would submit to be instrumental in counteracting the wishes and the expectations of the people of the United States. And I now constitute you my proxy to declare these sentiments, if the occasion shall require.
Página 52 - Jefferson; but if such should be the result, every man who knows me ought to know that I would utterly disclaim all competition. Be assured that the Federal party can entertain no wish for such an exchange. As to my friends...
Página 34 - In retracing his steps, we see nothing to applaud, and less to admire. . . . Throughout there appears a winding, a convenient versatility, a species of refined cunning." He moved like a serpent, and "in his conduct there is nothing amiable, disinterested, magnanimous or patriotic. . . . Selfishness impelled him to action.
Página 89 - April last, did propose to the citizens of this state, to elect by ballot delegates to meet in convention, "for the purpose of considering the parts of the Constitution of this state respecting the number of senators and members of assembly in this state, and with power to reduce and limit the number of them as the said convention...
Página 76 - But the Colonel had expressed his disapprobation of such public flatteries, and Mr. Cheetham was in a fury. "It was not to be expected," he wrote, "that Mr. Jefferson . . . would be guilty of so palpable a violation of the laws of decorum. . . . Mr. Burr, however, was pleased to take another course. He would not be so unlike a Republican as to answer addresses. There was some art in this; it might catch a few easy gulls ... at AARON BURR From the original portrait hy Vanderlyn in the possession of...
Página 43 - he had fixed his basilisk eyes on the Presidency; and in the fulness of his sanguine disposition he entertained a hope that, by able management, he might fill that office before Mr. Jefferson, to whom it was exclusively alloted by the people. . . . Mr. Burr seems to have carried on a secret correspondence with the federalists from the period of his nomination. . . . Fortune had been so kind to Mr. Burr that he was lavish of her favours and sported with her bounties.
Página 53 - could entertain no wish for such an exchange,' and that his friends would dishonor his views and insult his feelings ' by a suspicion that I would submit to be instrumental in counteracting the wishes and expectations of the United States.
Página 34 - ... published View of the Political Conduct of Aaron Burr, in which all of the Colonel's political iniquities were elaborately and whimsically reviewed. In fact, in his long public career, he had never performed a single act worthy of Republican approval with the exception of his stand against the Jay treaty. "In retracing his steps, we see nothing to applaud, and less to admire. . . . Throughout there appears a winding, a convenient versatility, a species of refined cunning.
Página 83 - It was, however, enough to show that he was not always to be relied on. Mr, Edward Livingston, too, was suspected ; but on what account was not stated. Apprehensive, said Davis, that the firmness of these men would yield to the stubbornness of the federalists, a proposition was made to them by a confidential friend of Mr. Jefferson, to this effect: