The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R.P. Bixby & Company, 1843 - United States |
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... committee of manufactures , now a member of the bench of the supreme court of the United States , and the principle was successfully maintained by the representatives of the people ; but the bill 12 SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY .
... committee of manufactures , now a member of the bench of the supreme court of the United States , and the principle was successfully maintained by the representatives of the people ; but the bill 12 SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY .
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... committee were raised , with power to send for persons and papers , I take it upon myself to say , that such would be the result of the inquiry . In Kentucky , I know many individuals who have their cotton- plantations below , and ...
... committee were raised , with power to send for persons and papers , I take it upon myself to say , that such would be the result of the inquiry . In Kentucky , I know many individuals who have their cotton- plantations below , and ...
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... committee appointed by the New York conven- tion , that partial returns show a consumption of upwards of two hundred and fifty thousand bales ; that the cotton manufacture employs nearly forty thousand females , and about five thousand ...
... committee appointed by the New York conven- tion , that partial returns show a consumption of upwards of two hundred and fifty thousand bales ; that the cotton manufacture employs nearly forty thousand females , and about five thousand ...
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... committee of roads and canals , at this session , been constituted ? The senator from Maryland possessed a brief authority to organize it , and , if I am not misinformed , a majority of the members composing it , appointed by him , are ...
... committee of roads and canals , at this session , been constituted ? The senator from Maryland possessed a brief authority to organize it , and , if I am not misinformed , a majority of the members composing it , appointed by him , are ...
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... committee on manufactures , of which Mr. Clay was chairman , an inquiry respecting the proper disposition of the public lands . This was done for the purpose of embarrassing Mr. Clay , and injuring him either in the old or new states ...
... committee on manufactures , of which Mr. Clay was chairman , an inquiry respecting the proper disposition of the public lands . This was done for the purpose of embarrassing Mr. Clay , and injuring him either in the old or new states ...
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Page 312 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens ; and it must be admitted by all, that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Page 269 - 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 104 - 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 160 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 155 - In such cases their acts are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which executive discretion may be used, still there exists, and can exist, no power to control that discretion/ The subjects are political. They respect the Nation, not individual rights, and being intrusted to the Executive, the decision of the Executive is conclusive.
Page 526 - ... in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the secretary of the treasury, and the treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to receive the same. All sums of money paid into the treasury under this section shall be set apart and credited to a fund to be known as the "Debris Fund...
Page 160 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Page 155 - 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.
Page 174 - The charter of the Bank of the United States expires in 1836, and its stockholders will most probably apply for a renewal of their privileges. In order to avoid the evils resulting from precipitancy in a measure involving such important principles, and such deep pecuniary interests, I feel that I cannot, in justice to the parties interested, too soon present it to the deliberate consideration of the legislature and the people.
Page 529 - A majority of the whole number of members elected to each House...