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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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 ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
author Fisher Ames ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
placeOfSpeech United States House of Representatives ⓘ
politicalAlignment Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
preservedIn collections of Fisher Ames's works ⓘ
congressional records ⓘ
relatedTo United States neutrality during the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
United States–United Kingdom relations ⓘ
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 ⓘ
supports Jay Treaty ⓘ
President George Washington's foreign policy ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
topic Jay Treaty ⓘ
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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