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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... the Prosperity of the Country. THE WAR ON THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES ; OR , A REVIEW OF THE MEASURES OF THE ADMINISTRA- TION AGAINST THAT INSTITUTION AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY . THE WAR ON THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES ;
... the Prosperity of the Country. THE WAR ON THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES ; OR , A REVIEW OF THE MEASURES OF THE ADMINISTRA- TION AGAINST THAT INSTITUTION AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY . THE WAR ON THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES ;
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... TION AGAINST THAT INSTITUTION AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY . " Darkness was upon the face of the deep . " " And God said : let there be light . " By Thomas Of Gorder Philadelphia : KEY & BIDDLE , 23 MINOR STREET . Econ 4900.5 1050 ...
... TION AGAINST THAT INSTITUTION AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY . " Darkness was upon the face of the deep . " " And God said : let there be light . " By Thomas Of Gorder Philadelphia : KEY & BIDDLE , 23 MINOR STREET . Econ 4900.5 1050 ...
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... tion so frequently and fiercely uttered since the removal of the deposits , " never to recharter the United States Bank , or sign a charter for any other bank . " Accordingly , in the canvass which ensued the Veto , the partisans of the ...
... tion so frequently and fiercely uttered since the removal of the deposits , " never to recharter the United States Bank , or sign a charter for any other bank . " Accordingly , in the canvass which ensued the Veto , the partisans of the ...
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... tion of all these causes . It is an indispensable , a necessary evil of the social system , requiring perpetual vigilance to repress it . It is the besetting danger of republics ; the open or insidi- ous , but ever active , enemy of ...
... tion of all these causes . It is an indispensable , a necessary evil of the social system , requiring perpetual vigilance to repress it . It is the besetting danger of republics ; the open or insidi- ous , but ever active , enemy of ...
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... tion . This put , at once , every official incumbent and every official aspirant , in manacles at his feet . Every political society is divisible into two great classes , the speculative and the practical , -that which indicates the way ...
... tion . This put , at once , every official incumbent and every official aspirant , in manacles at his feet . Every political society is divisible into two great classes , the speculative and the practical , -that which indicates the way ...
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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.