The conduct of France was calculated to excite or justify no other expectation; and under such circumstances, with such prospects, he could by no means consent to a formal declaration of non-resistance.
It is not preceded by a formal declaration, and cannot, therefore, come under the denomination of a solemn war, but it partakes of the character of a war not solemn.
Suppose events did develop a formal declaration of war with France?
If Adams did not wish for a formal declaration of war, at least he might have let things alone.
Upon his return Marshall had prophesied formal declarationof hostilities from the Republic of France, when news of the dispatches reached Europe; and the war Federalists were sorely disappointed at the failure of his prediction.
Austria's reply came next day in the shape of a formal declaration of war against Servia.
Formal declaration of war against Servia was proclaimed by Austria on Tuesday, July 28.
The President and Congress undoubtedly acted on the lines of good policy in making a formal declaration of war.
In this instance, as in others in the nation's history, the actual hostilities were begun before it seemed necessary for the government to make a formal declaration.
Sidenote: Zwinglian Revolt in Switzerland] In 1523 a papal appeal to Zuerich to abandon Zwingli was answered by the canton's formal declaration of independence from the Catholic Church.
But when a body of Christians make a formal declaration of their views on the Holy Scriptures, others are enabled to judge whether they be correct, and thus may know with whom to hold Christian fellowship.
I added, however, that we should attach the greatest importance to the possession of a formal declaration, which the Belgian nation would hear of with joy and gratitude.
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