The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts, and speeches in CongressC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... operation of property is in the highest degree useful , both to the rich and to the poor . I rejoice , Sir , that every man in this community may call all property his own , so far as he has oc- casion for it , to furnish for himself ...
... operation of property is in the highest degree useful , both to the rich and to the poor . I rejoice , Sir , that every man in this community may call all property his own , so far as he has oc- casion for it , to furnish for himself ...
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... operations within the space of -months , from the day of the passing of the act , the charter shall thereby be forfeited . 5. To insert a section allowing interest at the rate of per cent . on any bill or note of the bank , of which ...
... operations within the space of -months , from the day of the passing of the act , the charter shall thereby be forfeited . 5. To insert a section allowing interest at the rate of per cent . on any bill or note of the bank , of which ...
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... operations in a rea- sonable time , the grant shall be forfeited . Thus amended , the bill would establish an institution not unlike the last Bank of the United States in any particular which is deemed material , excepting only the ...
... operations in a rea- sonable time , the grant shall be forfeited . Thus amended , the bill would establish an institution not unlike the last Bank of the United States in any particular which is deemed material , excepting only the ...
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... operation of finance . They are useful to the state in their proper place and sphere , but they are not sources of national income . The streams of revenue must flow from deeper fountains . The credit and circulation of bank paper are ...
... operation of finance . They are useful to the state in their proper place and sphere , but they are not sources of national income . The streams of revenue must flow from deeper fountains . The credit and circulation of bank paper are ...
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... operations inti- mately blended with the operations of government , nothing fur- ther need be known , to be quite sure that its paper will not answer the purpose of a creditable circulating medium . I look upon it , therefore , Sir , as ...
... operations inti- mately blended with the operations of government , nothing fur- ther need be known , to be quite sure that its paper will not answer the purpose of a creditable circulating medium . I look upon it , therefore , Sir , as ...
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Страница 310 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...
Страница 495 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Страница 449 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Страница 264 - ... many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now are. I ask for the reading of the resolution before the Senate.
Страница 194 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America...
Страница 312 - I understand him to insist, that if the exigency of the case, in the opinion of any State government, require it, such State government may, by its own sovereign authority, annul an act of the general government, which it deems plainly and palpably unconstitutional.
Страница 311 - And sir, where American Liberty raised its first voice; and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit. If discord and disunion shall wound...
Страница 249 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Страница 334 - Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do any thing for themselves ; they imagine there is no safety for them any longer than they are under the close guardianship of the state legislatures. Sir, the people have not trusted their safety, in regard to the general constitution, to these hands. They have required other security, and taken other bonds. They have chosen to trust themselves, first, to the plain words of the instrument, and to such construction as the government...
Страница 492 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.