The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Volume 2A. S. Barnes, 1846 - Statesmen |
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... whole face of the country was checkered with new and well - mapped towns and cities ; property everywhere rose to an un- natural price ; extravagance , in all conditions of life , was the order of the day ; and the nation run mad with ...
... whole face of the country was checkered with new and well - mapped towns and cities ; property everywhere rose to an un- natural price ; extravagance , in all conditions of life , was the order of the day ; and the nation run mad with ...
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... whole , or at least of a majority , moulds and directs the course of public affairs . In a despotism , the will of a single individual governs . In a practi- cally free government , the nation controls the chief magistrate ; in an ...
... whole , or at least of a majority , moulds and directs the course of public affairs . In a despotism , the will of a single individual governs . In a practi- cally free government , the nation controls the chief magistrate ; in an ...
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... whole country , can not be easily or suddenly uprooted . After the denomination of our coin was changed to dollars and cents , many years elapsed before the old method of keeping accounts , in pounds , shillings , and pence , was ...
... whole country , can not be easily or suddenly uprooted . After the denomination of our coin was changed to dollars and cents , many years elapsed before the old method of keeping accounts , in pounds , shillings , and pence , was ...
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... whole Union , it possessed a uniform value ; and that exchanges were conducted with such regularity and perfection , that funds could be transmitted from one extremity of the Union to the other , with the least possible risk or loss ...
... whole Union , it possessed a uniform value ; and that exchanges were conducted with such regularity and perfection , that funds could be transmitted from one extremity of the Union to the other , with the least possible risk or loss ...
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... whole banking system , as existing in the United States when that administration came into power , beginning with the bank of the United States , and ending with the state banks . " Thirdly , that the attack was first confined , from ...
... whole banking system , as existing in the United States when that administration came into power , beginning with the bank of the United States , and ending with the state banks . " Thirdly , that the attack was first confined , 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...