The War on the Bank of the United States: Or, A Review of the Measures of the Administration Against that Institution and the Prosperity of the CountryKey & Biddle, 1834 - 155 pages |
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... party feuds ; nature rewarding the husbandman with exuberant crops , and trade replenishing the coffers of the merchant and the nation ; " the spindle and the shuttle , and every instrument of mechanic industry , pursuing their busy ...
... party feuds ; nature rewarding the husbandman with exuberant crops , and trade replenishing the coffers of the merchant and the nation ; " the spindle and the shuttle , and every instrument of mechanic industry , pursuing their busy ...
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... party dependants , convened to maintain , with their voices , whatever their leaders may assert , to gain their daily bread ; but thousands and tens of thousands of merchants and manufacturers , agriculturists and artisans , who quit ...
... party dependants , convened to maintain , with their voices , whatever their leaders may assert , to gain their daily bread ; but thousands and tens of thousands of merchants and manufacturers , agriculturists and artisans , who quit ...
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... parties . All act on the defensive ; each looks out for itself ; and the public interest is crushed between the upper and the nether millstone . All this should have been foreseen . It is idle to say that these evils might have been ...
... parties . All act on the defensive ; each looks out for itself ; and the public interest is crushed between the upper and the nether millstone . All this should have been foreseen . It is idle to say that these evils might have been ...
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... parties interested , too soon present it to the delib- erate consideration of the legislature and the people . Both the consti- tutionality and the expediency of the law , creating this Bank , are well questioned , by a large portion of ...
... parties interested , too soon present it to the delib- erate consideration of the legislature and the people . Both the consti- tutionality and the expediency of the law , creating this Bank , are well questioned , by a large portion of ...
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... had no inducement to assume forbidden powers for the gratification of themselves or their partisans . The men and the parties of our early national history have passed from the scene . Party principles growing from the revolution and 12.
... had no inducement to assume forbidden powers for the gratification of themselves or their partisans . The men and the parties of our early national history have passed from the scene . Party principles growing from the revolution and 12.
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Page 145 - Those who can best estimate the value of a steady administration will be most disposed to prize a provision which connects the official existence of public men with the approbation or disapprobation of that body, which from the greater permanency of its own composition, will in all probability be less subject to inconstancy than any other member of the government.
Page 43 - 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 118 - Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant...
Page 119 - Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union.
Page 150 - I cannot but believe that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience. I submit therefore to your consideration, whether the efficiency of the government would not be promoted, and official industry and integrity better secured by a general extension of the law which limits appointments to four years.
Page 150 - The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance...
Page 145 - A change of the Chief Magistrate, therefore, would not occasion so violent or so general a revolution in the officers of the Government, as might be expected if he were the sole disposer of offices.
Page 11 - A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the states, and dangerous to the liberties of the people...
Page 6 - 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 39 - The whole executive power being vested in the President, who is responsible for its exercise, it is a necessary consequence, that he should have a right to employ agents of his own choice to aid him in the performance of his duties, and to discharge them when he is no longer willing to be responsible for their acts.