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... metallic coin . Under such circumstances , it was quite clear that the tendency of the paper portion of the circulating medium was to increase itself , and to effect this without reference to consequences ; and singularly enough , the ...
... metallic coin . Under such circumstances , it was quite clear that the tendency of the paper portion of the circulating medium was to increase itself , and to effect this without reference to consequences ; and singularly enough , the ...
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... metallic cur- rency had been obtained , than to prove the necessity of putting an effectual stop to any further issue . He trusted , therefore , that their lordships would second the views of government by repealing a measure , which in ...
... metallic cur- rency had been obtained , than to prove the necessity of putting an effectual stop to any further issue . He trusted , therefore , that their lordships would second the views of government by repealing a measure , which in ...
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... metallic circula- tion , and for the convertibility of paper into specie , the check presented by that conversion had not sooner operated . That , perhaps , was to be accounted for by this circumstance that a large arti- ficial addition ...
... metallic circula- tion , and for the convertibility of paper into specie , the check presented by that conversion had not sooner operated . That , perhaps , was to be accounted for by this circumstance that a large arti- ficial addition ...
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... metallic currency . Sup- pose a commodity which , under a paper currency , sold at one time for 100l . , and at another for 501. , should , under a me- tallic currency , sell at two different pe- riods for 90 % . and 60 .; the average ...
... metallic currency . Sup- pose a commodity which , under a paper currency , sold at one time for 100l . , and at another for 501. , should , under a me- tallic currency , sell at two different pe- riods for 90 % . and 60 .; the average ...
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... metallic currency out of the country . The present distress , in his opinion , was not occasioned by the cur- rency so much as by the spirit of extra- vagant speculation which lately prevailed throughout the country . The withdraw- ing ...
... metallic currency out of the country . The present distress , in his opinion , was not occasioned by the cur- rency so much as by the spirit of extra- vagant speculation which lately prevailed throughout the country . The withdraw- ing ...
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Page 77 - It shall be free for each of the two Contracting Parties to appoint Consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in the dominions and territories of the other Party; but before any Consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved...
Page 77 - Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : — ARTICLE I.
Page 77 - The present convention shall be in force for the term of ten years from the date hereof ; and further, until the end of twelve months after • either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the end of the said term of ten years...
Page 77 - In whatever relates to the police of the ports , the lading and unlading of ships, the safety of merchandize, goods, and effects, the succession to personal estates, by will or otherwise, and the disposal of personal property of every sort and denomination , by sale, donation, exchange, or testament, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also the administration of justice, the subjects and citizens of the two Contracting Parties shall enjoy, in their respective...
Page 77 - All merchants, commanders of ships, and others, the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, shall have full liberty in all the territories of the Republic of Costarica, to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the management of whomsoever they please, as broker...
Page 685 - ... of despotism, or the licentiousness of unbridled freedom — reconciling power with liberty : not adopting hasty or ill-advised experiments, or pursuing any airy and unsubstantial theories ; but not rejecting, nevertheless, the application of sound and wholesome knowledge to practical affairs, and pressing, with sobriety and caution, into the service of his country any generous and liberal principles, whose excess, indeed, may be dangerous, but whose foundation is in truth.
Page 77 - ... that at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, this convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall altogether cease and determine.
Page 333 - Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the President of the Board of Trade.
Page 601 - States have assailed their respective Governments with applications for further protective or prohibitory duties and regulations, urging the example and authority of this country, against which they are almost exclusively directed, as a sanction for the policy of such measures.
Page 77 - Huskisson, a member of his said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a member of Parliament, President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations, and...