Pamphlets. American History, Volumen51836 |
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... Currency Committee on Military Affairs . Committee on Ways and Means . Committee on the Judiciary . Committee on the Texas frontier Troubles Committee on the District of Columbia Committee on the Saint Louis Whisky Frauds . Committee on ...
... Currency Committee on Military Affairs . Committee on Ways and Means . Committee on the Judiciary . Committee on the Texas frontier Troubles Committee on the District of Columbia Committee on the Saint Louis Whisky Frauds . Committee on ...
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... currency . That effected , it would only remain to convert the notes of the several banks in a State , thus picked up , into the notes of the one mark- ed out for destruction ; then present the notes thus collected for payment ; and if ...
... currency . That effected , it would only remain to convert the notes of the several banks in a State , thus picked up , into the notes of the one mark- ed out for destruction ; then present the notes thus collected for payment ; and if ...
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... currency which shall be all specie , we are likely to have a currency in which there shall be no specie at all . We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper , mere paper , representing .-- not gold and silver , -- no ...
... currency which shall be all specie , we are likely to have a currency in which there shall be no specie at all . We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper , mere paper , representing .-- not gold and silver , -- no ...
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... currency of the United States ? But the direct warfare of the Administration against the Bank was not the only particular , in which it served to bring on the existing state of things . I am well persuaded that the removal of the public ...
... currency of the United States ? But the direct warfare of the Administration against the Bank was not the only particular , in which it served to bring on the existing state of things . I am well persuaded that the removal of the public ...
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... currency ? Has her Treasury , in the space of six months , passed from redundancy to insolvency ? Not at all . None of these things have occurred in Great Britain . It is a delusion to imagine it . But , says the President , " a ...
... currency ? Has her Treasury , in the space of six months , passed from redundancy to insolvency ? Not at all . None of these things have occurred in Great Britain . It is a delusion to imagine it . But , says the President , " a ...
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Página 4 - The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the...
Página 9 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Página 8 - But it is too clear for dispute that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration; for if the language, as understood in that day, would embrace them, the conduct of the distinguished men who framed the Declaration of Independence would have been utterly and flagrantly inconsistent with the principles they asserted; and instead of the sympathy of mankind, to which they so confidently appealed, they would have deserved...
Página 8 - The general words above quoted would seem to embrace the whole human family, and if they were used in a similar instrument at this day would be so understood. But it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration...
Página 9 - No one, we presume, supposes that any change in public opinion or feeling, 'in relation to this unfortunate race, in the civilized nations of Europe or in this country, should induce the court to give to the words of the Constitution a more liberal construction in their favor than they were intended to bear when the instrument was framed and adopted.
Página 8 - people of the United States" and "citizens" are synonymous terms, and mean the same thing. They both describe the political body who, according to our republican institutions, form the sovereignty, and who hold the power and conduct the Government through their representatives. They are what we familiarly call the "sovereign people," and every citizen is one of this people, and a constituent member of this sovereignty.
Página 16 - You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without number and has chosen you as the guardians of freedom to preserve it for the benefit of the human race.
Página 14 - Federal Convention, a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from encroachment the great principles of civil and religious liberty, and the inalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most exceptionable parts of the said Constitution of Government, ought to be referred by this convention to the other States in the American Confederacy for their consideration.
Página 15 - ... the conflict will be a short one, nor success easy. My humble efforts have not been spared, during my administration of the government, to restore the constitutional currency of gold and silver; and something, I trust, has been done towards the accomplishment of this most desirable object.
Página 8 - I wish POPULARITY, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.