The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1890 - United States |
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Page 102 - public revenue, the President had assumed a power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.' In that resolution I concurred. it is not a direct question, now again before us, whether the President really had assumed such illegal power; that
Page 155 - for the space of eight years, and with the retrenchment of the second article : Provided that, by this retrenchment, the two states renounce the respective pretensions which are the object of the said article. 1 " The French ratification, being thus conditional, was nevertheless exchanged against that of the United States, at Paris, on the same
Page 45 - share both of the sacrifice and the glory ; and she knows that that rich possession is held only on the condition of watchfulness and vigilance. God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. In establishing
Page 48 - on the 5th of February, 1834. and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors, without charging commissions or claiming allowance on account of difference of exchange ; and shall do and perform the several and respective duties of the commissioners of loans for the several States, or any one or more of them, whenever required
Page 344 - policy, but will also justify an immediate alleviation of the burdens imposed by the necessities of the war. It is, however, essential to every modification of the finances, that the benefits of a uniform national currency should be restored to the community. The absence of the precious metals will, it is believed, be a temporary evil ; but until they
Page 107 - turn. The amount of taxation was trifling, but the claim itself was inconsistent with liberty; and that was, in their eyes, enough. It was against the recital of an act of Parliament, rather than against any suffering under its enactments, that they took up arms. They went to war against a preamble. They fought seven years against a declaration. They
Page 120 - hands, we may readily simplify government We may easily bring it to the simplest of all possible forms, a pure despotism. But a separation of departments, so far as practicable, and the preservation of clear lines of division between them, is the
Page 368 - only wanting to the fiscal prosperity of the government the restoration of a uniform medium of exchange. The resources and the faith of the nation, displayed in the system which Congress has established, insure respect and confidence both at home and abroad. The local accumulations of the revenue have already enabled the treasury to meet the
Page 345 - says Mr. Madison, to provide such a substitute as shall engage the confidence and accommodate the wants of the citizens throughout the Union ; and if the State banks cannot produce this result, a national bank will merit consideration. Can language be more explicit
Page 496 - banner! Let him go. I remain. I am where I ever have been, and ever mean to be. Here, standing on the platform of the general Constitution, a platform broad enough and firm enough to uphold every interest of the whole country, I shall still be found.