Speech of Ephraim Banks, Esq., of Mifflin: Delivered in the Convention, to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania, December 22, 1837. In Support of an Amendment to Prohibit Banks from Issuing Notes of a Less Denomination Than Ten Dollars, as Offered by Mr. Read of SusquehannaJ. Wilbank, 1838 - 15 páginas |
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... bill and webbed feet of a goose or a mallard ; how great would be our amazement ? If there were no sounds , what would be the use of the ear ? or , to speak more philosophically , if the collision or move- ment of bodies occasioned no ...
... bill and webbed feet of a goose or a mallard ; how great would be our amazement ? If there were no sounds , what would be the use of the ear ? or , to speak more philosophically , if the collision or move- ment of bodies occasioned no ...
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... Bill Grubb , " If I don't win I'll be damned . " " She handles her feet dacently , " says Paddy O'Blather .- " Two to one on the " two to one on mare , " says young Dobbins , the mare . I'll give you two hundred dollars for the black ...
... Bill Grubb , " If I don't win I'll be damned . " " She handles her feet dacently , " says Paddy O'Blather .- " Two to one on the " two to one on mare , " says young Dobbins , the mare . I'll give you two hundred dollars for the black ...
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... bill for this pur- pose could pass Congress , all the slaves here would be sold and sent away into the slave States , far from the place of their birth and their affec- tions . Success in this attempt would thus place the slaves ...
... bill for this pur- pose could pass Congress , all the slaves here would be sold and sent away into the slave States , far from the place of their birth and their affec- tions . Success in this attempt would thus place the slaves ...
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... bill if ing general jurisdiction by consent of par- he opposes their bank , and the monopoly ties , organized in every senatorial district , is granted . To such an extent is special to hold monthly sessions , and presided legislation ...
... bill if ing general jurisdiction by consent of par- he opposes their bank , and the monopoly ties , organized in every senatorial district , is granted . To such an extent is special to hold monthly sessions , and presided legislation ...
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... bills of other banks , and re- lity of the people , this mammoth of ini- quity , had only One Hundred and eighty thousand dollars on hand instead of Two Millions . Has not its charter been vio- lated - and if so will not the people de ...
... bills of other banks , and re- lity of the people , this mammoth of ini- quity , had only One Hundred and eighty thousand dollars on hand instead of Two Millions . Has not its charter been vio- lated - and if so will not the people de ...
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Página 41 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
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Página 7 - Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings —yet the dead are there...
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Página 6 - ... of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively, on entering into the constitutional compact, which formed the union and as such are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn obligations, moral and religious.