Dataset Viewer
Auto-converted to Parquet Duplicate
audio
audioduration (s)
10
20
original_path
stringclasses
716 values
begin_time
float64
0
4.25k
end_time
float64
10.2
4.26k
transcript
stringlengths
18
558
audio_duration
float64
10
20
speaker_id
stringclasses
35 values
book_id
stringclasses
173 values
filename
stringlengths
22
22
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,721.83
1,735.84
to resort to the power conferred by congress of postponing certain classes of the public works except by deferring expenditures for a short period upon a limited portion of them
14.01
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950000
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,765.44
1,776.54
the expenses of sustaining the troops employed in florida have been gradually and greatly reduced through the persevering efforts of the war department
11.1
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950001
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,987.94
2,004.58
and it is of high importance to restrain as far as possible the stimulus of personal interests in public elections considering the great increase which has been made in public offices in the last quarter of a century
16.64
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950002
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,290.49
1,304.88
the people would have to blame none but themselves for any injury that might arise from a course so reckless since their agents would be the wrongdoers and they the passive spectators
14.39
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950003
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
112.63
129.71
and the people were no longer able to endure its increasing weight it seems impossible to resist the conclusion that no benefits resulting from its career no extent of conquest no accession of wealth to particular classes
17.08
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950004
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
129.71
142.53
nor any nor all its combined advantages can counterbalance its ultimate but certain results a splendid government and an impoverished people
12.82
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950005
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
820.04
831.17
commercial modes of exchange and a good currency are but the necessary means of commerce and intercourse not the direct productive sources of wealth
11.13
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950006
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,440.68
1,453.88
but with much greater reliance on the wisdom and patriotism of congress i can not abandon this subject without urging upon you in the most emphatic manner
13.2
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950007
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,110.65
1,128.15
to execute all its contracts according to the requirements of the constitution and thus to present when most needed a rallying point by which the business of the whole country might be brought back to a safe and unvarying standard a
17.5
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950008
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,275.38
1,290.49
for if the government itself can not forego the temptation of excessive paper issues what reliance can be placed in corporations upon whom the temptations of individual aggrandizement would most strongly operate
15.11
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950009
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
529.83
547.15
the territory of the united states must be regarded as sacredly secure against all such invasions until they shall voluntarily acknowledge their inability to acquit themselves of their duties to others and in announcing this sentiment
17.32
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950010
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,753.52
1,765.44
causes are in operation which will it is believed justify a still further reduction without injury to any important national interest
11.92
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950011
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,408.12
1,426.53
but above all it is created by law is amendable by law and is repealable by law and wedded as i am to no theory but looking solely to the advancement of the public good i shall be among the very first to urge its repeal
18.41
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950012
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
217.07
233.71
the amicable relations happily existing between the two governments the question of peace or war between the united states and great britain is a question of the deepest interest not only to themselves but to the civilized world
16.64
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950013
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
97.11
112.63
refer to the examples of every government which has existed for proof how seldom it is that the system when once adopted and implanted in the policy of a country has failed to expand itself until public credit was exhausted
15.52
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950014
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,925.2
1,937.81
as compared with the preceding year but on the contrary exhibits a small increase the circumstances referred to having had no other effect than to check the expected income
12.61
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950015
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,895.06
1,909.58
placed the name of general jackson among those of the greatest captains of the age and illustrated one of the brightest pages of our history now that the causes of excitement existing at the time have ceased to operate
14.52
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950016
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
1,407.2
1,422.56
i refer to the warehousing system the first and most prominent effect which it would produce would be to protect the market alike against redundant or deficient supplies of foreign fabrics
15.36
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950017
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
1,368.6
1,383.11
the present tariff of duties was somewhat hastily and hurriedly passed near the close of the late session of congress that it should have defects can therefore be surprising to no one
14.51
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950018
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
690.57
702.93
been successfully accomplished without a resort to a permanent debt or the aid of a national bank have we not a right to expect that a policy the object of which has been to sustain the public service
12.36
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950019
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
242.24
255.15
yet an innate repugnance exists to the imposition of burthens not really necessary for that object in imposing duties however for the purposes of revenue
12.91
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950020
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
1,393.28
1,407.2
it may well merit inquiry whether the exaction of all duties in cash does not call for the introduction of a system which has proved highly beneficial in countries where it has been adopted
13.92
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950021
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
514.45
529.83
of invading its territory either to arrest the persons or destroy the property of those who may have violated the municipal laws of such foreign government or have disregarded their obligations arising under the law of nations
15.38
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950022
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,128.15
1,144.29
standard a result vitally important as well to the interests as to the morals of the people there can surely now be no difference of opinion in regard to the incalculable evils that would have arisen
16.14
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950023
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,313.7
1,324.02
and i am happy to add that all accounts concur in representing the result of this measure as eminently beneficial to that people
10.32
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950024
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,322.78
1,335.52
the subtreasury system rejected the last in any form and as it was believed that no reliance could be placed on the issues of local institutions for the purposes of general circulation
12.74
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950025
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,304.88
1,322.78
there can be but three kinds of public currency first gold and silver second the paper of state institutions or third a representative of the precious metals provided by the general government or under its authority
17.9
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950026
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
1,152.83
1,169.04
a disposition has been manifested by it which is believed to be entirely sincere to fulfill its obligations in this respect so soon as its internal condition and the state of its finances will permit
16.21
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950027
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
109.1
124.74
the arrangements made for preserving our neutral relations on the boundary between us and texas and keeping in check the indians in that quarter will be maintained so long as circumstances may require
15.64
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950028
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
265.69
277.35
otherwise the government would be placed in the condition of having to levy the same duties upon all articles the productive as well as the unproductive
11.66
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950029
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,735.84
1,753.52
and which postponement terminated some time since at the moment the treasury department by further receipts from the indebted banks became fully assured of its ability to meet them without prejudice to the public service in other respects
17.68
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950030
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
514.25
526.35
with austria france prussia russia and the remaining powers of europe i am happy to inform you our relations continue to be of the most friendly character
12.1
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950031
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,324.02
1,340.39
the emigration of the seminoles alone has been attended with serious difficulty and occasioned bloodshed hostilities having been commenced by the indians in florida under the apprehension that they would be compelled by force
16.37
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950032
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,299.43
1,313.7
has been continued in active operation throughout the whole period of my administration since the spring of eighteen thirty seven more than forty thousand indians have been removed to their new homes west of the mississippi
14.27
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950033
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
526.35
545.05
with belgium a treaty of commerce and navigation based upon liberal principles of reciprocity and equality was concluded in march last and having been ratified by the belgian government will be duly laid before the senate
18.7
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950034
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
142.53
154.88
if a national bank was as is undeniable repudiated by the framers of the constitution as incompatible with the rights of the states and the liberties of the people
12.35
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950035
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
1,135.69
1,152.83
to pay with punctuality the interest due under the convention of eighteen thirty four for the settlement of claims between the two countries has made it the duty of the executive to call the particular attention of that government to the subject
17.14
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950036
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
679.76
693.75
exceeding as is believed the amount added to the paper currency for a similar period antecedent to eighteen thirty seven it ceases to be a matter of astonishment that such extensive shipwreck
13.99
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950037
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,909.58
1,925.87
it is believed that the remission of this fine and whatever of gratification that remission might cause the eminent man who incurred and paid it would be in accordance with the general feeling and wishes of the american people
16.29
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950038
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,426.53
1,440.68
if it be found not to subserve the purposes and objects for which it may be created nor will the plan be submitted in any overweening confidence in the sufficiency of my own judgment
14.15
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950039
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
90.92
109.1
while i would propose nothing inconsistent with friendly negotiations to settle the extent of our claims in that region yet a prudent forecast points out the necessity of such measures as may enable us to maintain our rights
18.18
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950040
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
545.05
562.93
it is a subject of congratulation that it provides for the satisfactory adjustment of a long-standing question of controversy thus removing the only obstacle which could obstruct the friendly and mutually advantageous intercourse
17.88
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950041
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
731.26
746.65
to suppose it necessary now to trace these reverses to their sources would be a reflection on the intelligence of my fellow-citizens whatever may have been the obscurity in which the subject was involved during the earlier stages of the revulsion
15.39
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950042
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,909.13
1,925.2
must soon place the finances of the department in a prosperous condition considering the unfavorable circumstances which have existed during the past year it is a gratifying result that the revenue has not declined
16.07
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950043
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
59.16
72.18
the fortifications on our maritime frontier have been prosecuted with much vigor and at many points our defenses are in a very considerable state of forwardness
13.02
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950044
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
2,004.58
2,022.96
and the probability of further increase we incur the hazard of witnessing violent political contests directed too often to the single object of retaining office by those who are in or obtaining it by those who are out
18.38
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950045
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
72.18
90.92
the suggestions in reference to the establishment of means of communication with our territories on the pacific and to the surveys so essential to a knowledge of the resources of the intermediate country are entitled to the most favorable consideration
18.74
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950046
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,285.95
1,299.43
the policy of the united states in regard to the indians of which a succinct account is given in my message of eighteen thirty eight and of the wisdom and expediency of which i am fully satisfied
13.48
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950047
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,880.47
1,895.06
which asserts and maintains the authority of the law and the subjection of the military to the civil power the defense of new orleans while it saved a city from the hands of the enemy
14.59
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950048
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
224.84
242.24
in the same spirit the compromise bill as it is commonly called was adopted at the session of eighteen thirty three while the people of no portion of the union will ever hesitate to pay all necessary taxes for the support of government
17.4
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950049
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
794.96
808.2
the arbiter having considered that his functions were required by the convention to terminate at the same time with those of the commissioners returned to the board undecided for want of time
13.24
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950050
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,453.88
1,469.69
whatever may be your action on the suggestions which i have felt it to be my duty to submit to relieve the chief executive magistrate by any and all constitutional means from a controlling power over the public treasury
15.81
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950051
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
1,122.77
1,135.69
to report the results of its examinations to the department of state the report when received will be laid before congress the failure on the part of spain
12.92
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950052
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,144.29
1,160.95
the government at that critical moment had suffered itself to be deterred from upholding the only true standard of value either by the pressure of adverse circumstances or the violence of unmerited denunciation
16.66
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950053
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,872.16
1,889.87
that surplus having been exhausted and the anticipated increase in the revenue not having been realized owing to the depression in the commercial business of the country the finances of the department exhibit a small deficiency at the close of the last fiscal year
17.71
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950054
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
746.65
762.91
there can not now be many by whom the whole question is not fully understood not deeming it within the constitutional powers of the general government to repair private losses sustained by reverses in business having no connection with the public service
16.26
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950055
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
800.79
815.89
intrusted only with certain limited powers cautiously enumerated distinctly specified and defined with a precision and clearness which would seem to defy misconstruction
15.1
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950056
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,351.95
1,362.52
was postponed at the solicitation of the indians until eighteen thirty six when they again renewed their agreement to remove peaceably to their new homes in the west
10.57
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950057
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
137.33
149.64
the government is constituted the landlord and the citizens of the states wherein lie the lands are its tenants the relation is an unwise one
12.31
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950058
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
576.46
590.38
i am happy to announce to you that after many delays and difficulties a treaty of commerce and navigation between the united states and portugal was concluded and signed at lisbon
13.92
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950059
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,792.44
1,806.01
the pension list one of the heaviest charges upon the treasury is rapidly diminishing by death the most costly of our public buildings are either finished or nearly so
13.57
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950060
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
1,335.52
1,349.25
it necessarily and unavoidably adopted specie as the exclusive currency for its own use and this must ever be the case unless one of the other kinds be used
13.73
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950061
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
1,169.04
1,181.84
an arrangement is in progress from the result of which it is trusted that those of our citizens who have claims under the convention will at no distant day receive the stipulated payments
12.8
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950062
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
879.56
892.72
the secretary of the treasury will be ready to submit to you should you require it a plan of finance which while it throws around the public treasure reasonable guards for its protection
13.16
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950063
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
877.29
892.45
to make present payment of the amount of the awards in specie or its equivalent i am happy to be able to say that information which is esteemed favorable both to a just satisfaction of the awards
15.16
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950064
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
620.68
632.65
under the appropriation of the last session of congress an agent has been sent to germany for the purpose of promoting the interests of our tobacco trade
11.97
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950065
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
164.66
184.44
when to be drawn from the enterprise and the industry of the proprietor than under the present system the recommendations of the secretary in regard to the improvements of the western waters and certain prominent harbors on the lakes merit and i doubt not will receive
19.78
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950066
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
284.7
295.92
the question which seemed to threaten the greatest embarrassment was that connected with the african slave trade by the tenth article of the treaty of ghent
11.22
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950067
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
307.05
317.29
so long as the duties shall be laid with distinct reference to the wants of the treasury no well-rounded objection can exist against them
10.24
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950068
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,776.54
1,792.44
and a reasonable hope may be entertained that the necessity for military operations in that quarter will soon cease the removal of the indians from within our settled borders is nearly completed
15.9
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950069
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
154.88
172.49
if from the beginning it has been regarded by large portions of our citizens as coming in direct collision with that great and vital amendment of the constitution which declares that all powers not conferred by that instrument on the general government are reserved to the states and to the people
17.61
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950070
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
738.77
752.21
the whole power and duty of maintaining which in purity and vigor was to be exercised by the representatives of the people and the states and therefore virtually by the people themselves
13.44
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950071
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,937.81
1,948.85
it will be seen that the postmaster-general suggests certain improvements in the establishment designed to reduce the weight of the mails cheapen the transportation
11.04
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950072
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
770.61
790.35
at all times convertible into gold and silver should be attained the board thus constituted was given as much permanency as could be imparted to it without endangering the proper share of responsibility which should attach to all public agents
19.74
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950073
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
847.25
861.35
he has also been instructed to communicate to that government the expectations of the government of the united states in relation to those claims which were not disposed of according to the provisions of the convention
14.1
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950074
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
597.18
612.44
of the violation of territorial sovereignty and jurisdiction to recognize it as an admissible practice that each government in its turn upon any sudden and unauthorized outbreak
15.26
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950075
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
1,464.41
1,479.07
would await the demand of the market and their issues would be governed by the fixed principles of demand and supply thus an approximation would be made to a steadiness and uniformity of price
14.66
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950076
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
571.5
581.75
then so far as he is concerned there can be no claim to indemnity for the destruction of his boat which this government would feel itself bound to prosecute
10.25
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950077
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
892.72
908.1
and rests on powers acknowledged in practice to exist from the origin of the government will at the same time furnish to the country a sound paper medium and afford all reasonable facilities for regulating the exchanges
15.38
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950078
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
1,451.43
1,464.41
he could readily correct its evils by availing himself of the benefits and advantages of the system thus established in the storehouse the goods imported
12.98
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950079
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_13_various_64kb.mp3
149.64
164.66
and it would be much more conducive of the public interest that a sale of the lands should be made than that they should remain in their present condition the supply of the ore would be more abundantly and certainly furnished
15.02
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950080
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,496.85
1,509.15
nor can i fail to advert in this connection to the debts which many of the states of the union have contracted abroad and under which they continue to labor
12.3
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950081
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
612.44
624.83
which on a frontier the extent of which renders it impossible for either to have an efficient force on every mile of it and which outbreak therefore neither may be able to suppress in a day
12.39
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950082
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
43.04
54.08
we are in the enjoyment of all the blessings of civil and religious liberty with unexampled means of education knowledge and improvement
11.04
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950083
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
1,379.11
1,396.83
when this alarming and unexpected intelligence reached the seat of government every effort appears to have been made to reenforce general clinch who commanded the troops then in florida general eustis was dispatched with reenforcements from charleston
17.72
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950084
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
908.1
924.76
when submitted you will perceive in it a plan amendatory of the existing laws in relation to the treasury department subordinate in all respects to the will of congress directly and the will of the people indirectly
16.66
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950085
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
2,088.91
2,100.74
and for a large part of the year of congress and considering also the great cost of the public buildings and the propriety of affording them at all times careful protection
11.83
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950086
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
861.35
877.29
and all others of citizens of the united states against the mexican government he has also been furnished with other instructions to be followed by him in case the government of mexico should not find itself in a condition
15.94
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950087
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
604.96
620.68
which the united states have always sought to make the basis of their intercourse with foreign powers and it is hoped they will tend to foster and strengthen the commercial intercourse of the two countries
15.72
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950088
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
294.94
307.05
so also the government may be justified in so discriminating by reference to other considerations of domestic policy connected with our manufactures
12.11
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950089
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
199.82
213.99
minority if such is undeniably the case what rational grounds could have been conceived for anticipating aught but determined opposition to such an institution at the present day
14.17
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950090
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
1,509.15
1,526.93
that indebtedness amounts to a sum not less than two hundred million dollars and which has been retributed to them for the most part in works of internal improvement which are destined to prove of vast importance in ultimately advancing their prosperity and wealth
17.78
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950091
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_09_various_64kb.mp3
187.29
199.82
dependent as it would alone be for its meaning on the interested interpretation of a dominant party and affording no security to the rights of the minority if
12.53
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950092
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
1,209.17
1,227.6
this occurrence assumes the graver aspect from the consideration that in eighteen thirty three a treaty negotiated between the two governments and ratified on the part of the united states failed to be ratified on the part of belgium the representative of that government at washington
18.43
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950093
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
2,050.31
2,061.98
for the diffusion of knowledge and which have heretofore been vested in public stocks until such time as congress should think proper to give them a specific direction
11.67
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950094
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_10_various_64kb.mp3
1,181.84
1,195.74
a treaty of commerce and navigation with belgium was concluded and signed at washington on the twenty ninth of march eighteen forty and was duly sanctioned by the senate of the united states
13.9
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950095
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_11_various_64kb.mp3
866.37
879.56
in pursuance of a pledge given to you in my last message to congress which pledge i urge as an apology for adventuring to present you the details of any plan
13.19
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950096
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
1,210.32
1,224.94
among the many objections to a national debt the certain tendency of public securities to concentrate ultimately in the coffers of foreign stockholders is one which is every day gathering strength
14.62
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950097
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_08_various_64kb.mp3
30.5
47.38
our devout gratitude is due to the supreme being for having graciously continued to our beloved country through the vicissitudes of another year the invaluable blessings of health plenty and peace
16.88
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950098
http://www.archive.org/download/stateofunionaddresses1837-1844_1805_librivox/stateoftheunion1837_1844_12_various_64kb.mp3
266.28
284.7
there is nothing in the treaty which in the slightest degree compromits the honor or dignity of either nation next to the settlement of the boundary line which must always be a matter of difficulty between states as between individuals
18.42
5872
11407
chunk_0139_row_6950099
End of preview. Expand in Data Studio
README.md exists but content is empty.
Downloads last month
5