A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Том 1Taylor & Dodd, 1840 |
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... question in the District of Columbia . This diminished his influence as a party leader , for which station indeed he was not fitted , except in periods of great excitement and vio- lence . 1 He was certainly at times deficient in ...
... question in the District of Columbia . This diminished his influence as a party leader , for which station indeed he was not fitted , except in periods of great excitement and vio- lence . 1 He was certainly at times deficient in ...
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... questions which agitated the country appeared to be the attainment and esta- blishment of truth . The vehemence of his tempera- ment and the force of his original impressions often had an obscuring tendency upon his mind . against these ...
... questions which agitated the country appeared to be the attainment and esta- blishment of truth . The vehemence of his tempera- ment and the force of his original impressions often had an obscuring tendency upon his mind . against these ...
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... question . The first time that this matter distinctly presented it- self , was in the summer of the year 1835. The administration was then in its palmiest days . The contested elections of 1834 had terminated success- fully . The attack ...
... question . The first time that this matter distinctly presented it- self , was in the summer of the year 1835. The administration was then in its palmiest days . The contested elections of 1834 had terminated success- fully . The attack ...
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... question . He could scarcely within two years have appointed Mr. Leggett to the Guatemala mission , at a time , too , when that gentleman , broken down by illness , was without influence or power , unless he had been conscious that the ...
... question . He could scarcely within two years have appointed Mr. Leggett to the Guatemala mission , at a time , too , when that gentleman , broken down by illness , was without influence or power , unless he had been conscious that the ...
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... question in Congress . It is main- tained , in favour of the present institution , that it not merely possesses that power , but that it has exerted in it the most prudent and salutary manner . This is made the theme of many high ...
... question in Congress . It is main- tained , in favour of the present institution , that it not merely possesses that power , but that it has exerted in it the most prudent and salutary manner . This is made the theme of many high ...
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abolitionists adopted amount Andrew Jackson argument aristocracy banking system bill body politic Buren CAMBRELENG character charter citizens commercial Committee conduct Congress Constitution corporate corruption course cracy currency debt defence democracy democratic despotism doctrines dollars duty elected equal rights evil exclusive privileges exercise exerted favour France franking privilege Government Governor Marcy Grand Island grant honour incorporation institutions interest Jack Cade Jackson joint-stock partnerships journal labour legislation legislature liberty Martin Van Buren means measure ment millions mind monopolies nation never New-York object obliged operation opposed paper party pass patriotism persons Post present President principle of equal prison proper purpose question readers republican revenue Senate sentiments small note species spirit suffrage tion trade true trust ultraism United States Bank usurper violation vote Whigs whole WILLIAM LEGGETT
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Страница 194 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Страница 120 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Страница 162 - There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Страница 254 - Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters ; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election.
Страница 120 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has...
Страница 267 - No mechanical trade shall hereafter be taught to convicts in the State prison of this State, except the manufacture of those articles of which the chief supply for home consumption is imported from other States or countries.
Страница 254 - The legislature may provide by law, that a register of all citizens entitled to the right of suffrage, in every town and ward, shall be made at least twenty days before any election; and may provide that no person shall vote at any election, who shall not be registered as a citizen qualified to vote at such election.
Страница 120 - The Parliament of Great Britain asserted a right to tax the colonies in all cases whatsoever ; and it was precisely on this question that they made the Revolution turn. The amount of taxation was trifling, but the claim itself was inconsistent with liberty ; and that was, in their eyes, enough. It was against the recital of an act of Parliament, rather than against any suffering under its enactments, that they took up arms. They went to war against a preamble. They fought seven years against a declaration.
Страница 119 - ... extreme jeopardy. We should not be worthy sons of our fathers were we so to regard great questions affecting the general freedom.
Страница 108 - Or does he grow more learned, logical and profound by intense study of the daybook, ledger, bills of exchange, bank promises, and notes of hand? Of all the countries on the face of the earth, or that ever existed on the face of the earth, this is the one where the claims of wealth and aristocracy are the most unfounded, absurd and ridiculous. With no claim to hereditary distinctions; with no exclusive rights except what they derive from monopolies, and no power of perpetuating their estates in their...