Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts ; Speeches in CongressLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... received by the public will be as earnestly regarded , I am sure , by you as by myself . The opportunity seems , also , a fit one for expressing the high and warm regard which I ever entertained for your honored father , now deceased ...
... received by the public will be as earnestly regarded , I am sure , by you as by myself . The opportunity seems , also , a fit one for expressing the high and warm regard which I ever entertained for your honored father , now deceased ...
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... received in payment of subscriptions to the bank , are to be funded also in United States stocks . The stock subscribed by government on its own account , and the stocks in which thethe treasury - notes are to be funded , are to be ...
... received in payment of subscriptions to the bank , are to be funded also in United States stocks . The stock subscribed by government on its own account , and the stocks in which thethe treasury - notes are to be funded , are to be ...
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... received in payment of all taxes and other dues to gov- ernment . They cannot be refused on account of the deprecia- tion of their value . Government binds itself to receive them at par , although it should be obliged immediately to pay ...
... received in payment of all taxes and other dues to gov- ernment . They cannot be refused on account of the deprecia- tion of their value . Government binds itself to receive them at par , although it should be obliged immediately to pay ...
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... received in imposts and taxes . The paper immedi- ately fell to a depreciation of four for one . The consequence was , that the government lost its revenue , and with it the means of supplying its armies and defending its empire . Is ...
... received in imposts and taxes . The paper immedi- ately fell to a depreciation of four for one . The consequence was , that the government lost its revenue , and with it the means of supplying its armies and defending its empire . Is ...
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... received in payment of the public dues . This resolution was received with great favor by the House , and passed through all the stages of legislation on the same day ( the 26th of April ) by a majority of more than two thirds . It was ...
... received in payment of the public dues . This resolution was received with great favor by the House , and passed through all the stages of legislation on the same day ( the 26th of April ) by a majority of more than two thirds . It was ...
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Страница 319 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Страница 501 - 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 455 - 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 317 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts ; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history ; the world knows it by heart.
Страница 275 - I never shall be, into crimination and recrimination, the honorable member may perhaps find that, in that contest, there will be blows to take as well as blows to give; that others can state comparisons as significant, at least, as his own; and that his impunity may possibly demand of him whatever powers of taunt and sarcasm he may possess. I commend him to a prudent husbandry of his resources.
Страница 477 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.
Страница 255 - 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...
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