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... administration of Mr. Madison with all his influence and brilliant eloquence . He early discovered the necessity of a war with Great Britain , and boldly advocated that measure . He was foremost in devising and vindicating plans for the ...
... administration of Mr. Madison with all his influence and brilliant eloquence . He early discovered the necessity of a war with Great Britain , and boldly advocated that measure . He was foremost in devising and vindicating plans for the ...
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... administration of the general government ; an enemy to executive usurpation , tyranny and proscription ; in favor of protecting our com- merce , agriculture , domestic manufactures and home in- dustry ; the advocate of a national ...
... administration of the general government ; an enemy to executive usurpation , tyranny and proscription ; in favor of protecting our com- merce , agriculture , domestic manufactures and home in- dustry ; the advocate of a national ...
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... administration of the finances , the bank acts simply as a payer and receiver . The Secretary of the Treasury has money in New - York and wants it in Charleston - the bank will furnish him with a check , or bill , to make the remittance ...
... administration of the finances , the bank acts simply as a payer and receiver . The Secretary of the Treasury has money in New - York and wants it in Charleston - the bank will furnish him with a check , or bill , to make the remittance ...
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... administration of the law , this practice is wise and proper , and without it , every thing depending upon the caprice of the judge , we should have no se- curity for our dearest rights . It is far otherwise when applied to the source ...
... administration of the law , this practice is wise and proper , and without it , every thing depending upon the caprice of the judge , we should have no se- curity for our dearest rights . It is far otherwise when applied to the source ...
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... administration - with many honest prejudices , he admitted the rash attempt was not made to destroy the es- tablishment . It was reduced to only what was supposed to be within the financial capacity of the country . If , ten years ago ...
... administration - with many honest prejudices , he admitted the rash attempt was not made to destroy the es- tablishment . It was reduced to only what was supposed to be within the financial capacity of the country . If , ten years ago ...
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Page 211 - 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 319 - 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 438 - I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads my country to prosperity and happiness. This is a sort of courage widely different from that which a man may display in his private conduct and personal relations. Personal or private courage is totally distinct from that higher and nobler courage which prompts the patriot to offer himself a voluntary sacrifice to his country's good.
Page 319 - 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 can not, in justice to the parties interested, too soon present it to the deliberate consideration of the Legislature and the people.
Page 202 - Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the legislature to establish an incorporated bank, as being precluded, in my judgment, by repeated recognitions, under varied circumstances, of the validity of such an institution, in acts of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government, accompanied by indications, in different modes, of a concurrence of the general will of the...
Page 281 - States marshal in reference to carrying out the provisions of this act, or the Act of which this is amendatory, as a marshal or deputy marshal of the United States, and shall be entitled to like compensation to be audited and paid by the same officers.
Page 149 - Are we so mean, so base, so despicable, that we may not attempt to express our horror, utter our indignation, at the most brutal and atrocious war that ever stained earth or shocked high Heaven ? at the ferocious deeds of a savage and infuriated soldiery, stimulated and urged on by the clergy of a fanatical and inimical religion, and rioting in all the excesses of blood and butchery, at the mere details of which the heart sickens and recoils?
Page 107 - We are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in fixed attention upon us. One, and the largest, portion of it is gazing with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy ; the other portion, with hope, with confidence, and with affection. Everywhere the black cloud of legitimacy is suspended over the world, save only one bright spot, which breaks out from the political hemisphere of the west, to enlighten and animate, and...
Page 272 - I have been accused of ambition in presenting this measure. Ambition ! inordinate ambition ! If I had thought of myself only, I should have never brought it forward. I know well the perils to which I expose myself; the risk of alienating faithful and valued friends, with but little prospect of making new ones, if any new ones could compensate for the loss of those whom we have long tried and loved ; and the honest misconceptions both of friends and foes. Ambition! If I had...
Page 402 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.