Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts ; Speeches in CongressLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... CURRENCY 48 A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States , on the 26th of April , 1816 , on the Collection of the Revenue in the Legal Currency of the Country . * a THE REVOLUTION IN GREECE . 60 A Speech ...
... CURRENCY 48 A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States , on the 26th of April , 1816 , on the Collection of the Revenue in the Legal Currency of the Country . * a THE REVOLUTION IN GREECE . 60 A Speech ...
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... currency , any longer than it represents that currency , and is convertible into it , at the will of the holder . The paper of this bank , if you make it , will be depreciated , for the same reason that the paper of other banks that ...
... currency , any longer than it represents that currency , and is convertible into it , at the will of the holder . The paper of this bank , if you make it , will be depreciated , for the same reason that the paper of other banks that ...
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... currency , paper - money , tender - laws , and all the contemptible and miserable contrivances of disor- dered finance and national insolvency , to complete and entire bankruptcy in the end . I hope the House will recommit the bill for ...
... currency , paper - money , tender - laws , and all the contemptible and miserable contrivances of disor- dered finance and national insolvency , to complete and entire bankruptcy in the end . I hope the House will recommit the bill for ...
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... currency was rejected in the House of Representatives on the 25th of April , 1816 . On the 26th , Mr. Webster ... currency of the United States , or treasury - notes , or notes of the Bank of the United States , as by law provided and ...
... currency was rejected in the House of Representatives on the 25th of April , 1816 . On the 26th , Mr. Webster ... currency of the United States , or treasury - notes , or notes of the Bank of the United States , as by law provided and ...
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... currency , the national revenues are not col- lected in this currency , but in paper of various sorts and various degrees of value . The origin and progress of this evil are dis- tinctly known , but it is not easy to see its duration or ...
... currency , the national revenues are not col- lected in this currency , but in paper of various sorts and various degrees of value . The origin and progress of this evil are dis- tinctly known , but it is not easy to see its duration or ...
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