The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Volume 2A. S. Barnes, 1846 - Statesmen |
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... amount of stock , said to be owned by foreigners , eight mil- lions , would still remain in the country in some other form ; or , if it should be remitted , it would so far cripple the currency and im- poverish the country . That the ...
... amount of stock , said to be owned by foreigners , eight mil- lions , would still remain in the country in some other form ; or , if it should be remitted , it would so far cripple the currency and im- poverish the country . That the ...
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... amount ? ' - ' Not very large at any one time .'- ' Do others do it ? ' - ' Yes . ' ' Is it a common practice among brokers and stock - dealers ? ' It is : sometimes to large amounts .'- Say three or four hundred thou- sand dollars ...
... amount ? ' - ' Not very large at any one time .'- ' Do others do it ? ' - ' Yes . ' ' Is it a common practice among brokers and stock - dealers ? ' It is : sometimes to large amounts .'- Say three or four hundred thou- sand dollars ...
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... amount of paper can be kept out in circulation than the specie which it is necessary to retain in the vaults to meet it when presented for payment . The propor- tions which the same experience has ascertained to be entirely safe , are ...
... amount of paper can be kept out in circulation than the specie which it is necessary to retain in the vaults to meet it when presented for payment . The propor- tions which the same experience has ascertained to be entirely safe , are ...
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... amount of specie might be exhausted , and then , as it is easier to engrave and issue bank - notes , than to perform the unpopular office of imposing taxes and burdens , the discovery would be made , that the credit of the government ...
... amount of specie might be exhausted , and then , as it is easier to engrave and issue bank - notes , than to perform the unpopular office of imposing taxes and burdens , the discovery would be made , that the credit of the government ...
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... amount of all taxes went , of course , into the hands of the re- ceiver - general , who was appointed by the crown . Out of this fund , moneys were only issuable by the governor's warrant , so that every officer in the government , from ...
... amount of all taxes went , of course , into the hands of the re- ceiver - general , who was appointed by the crown . Out of this fund , moneys were only issuable by the governor's warrant , so that every officer in the government , from ...
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Page 281 - Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
Page 17 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 281 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent.
Page 96 - States in places in which the said bank and branches thereof may be established shall be made in said bank or branches thereof unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct, in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and, if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Page 67 - By the Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers who act by his authority and in conformity with his orders.
Page 110 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 41 - In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. But united as I have been in his counsels, a daily witness of his exclusive and unsurpassed devotion to his country's welfare, agreeing with him in sentiments which his countrymen have warmly supported, and permitted to partake largely of his confidence, I may hope...
Page 234 - ... laid for the purpose of raising such revenue as may be necessary to an economical administration of the government...
Page 67 - And be. it further enacted, That the deposits of the money of the United States, in places in which the said bank and branches thereof may be established, shall be made in said bank or branches thereof, unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct...
Page 271 - I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home...