Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Jay Treaty (1796)

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"Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Jay Treaty (1796)" is a famous oration by Federalist statesman Fisher Ames defending the controversial treaty with Great Britain and articulating a strong vision of executive authority and commercial peace in the early United States.

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Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Jay Treaty (1796) canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oration ⓘ political speech ⓘ primary source document ⓘ
arguesAgainst	House of Representatives' attempt to condition treaty implementation on appropriations ⓘ
arguesFor	commercial peace with Great Britain ⓘ fulfillment of treaty obligations ⓘ strong executive authority in foreign affairs ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	debate over appropriations to implement the Jay Treaty ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology	Federalism ⓘ pro-British commercial orientation ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Fisher Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
date	1796 ⓘ
genre	parliamentary oratory ⓘ persuasive rhetoric ⓘ
historicalContext	controversy over the Jay Treaty ⓘ early national period of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyAddressed	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Philadelphia ⓘ
placeOfSpeech	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Federalist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	collections of Fisher Ames's works ⓘ congressional records ⓘ
relatedTo	United States neutrality during the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ United States–United Kingdom relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	important example of early American congressional debate ⓘ influential in securing House approval of appropriations for the Jay Treaty ⓘ major statement of Federalist constitutional theory on foreign affairs ⓘ
speaker	Fisher Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	Jay Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ President George Washington's foreign policy ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
topic	Jay Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ commercial relations between the United States and Great Britain ⓘ executive power in the United States ⓘ foreign policy of the United States ⓘ peace and neutrality ⓘ separation of powers in the United States Constitution ⓘ
usedIn	teaching of American political thought ⓘ teaching of U.S. constitutional history ⓘ

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