| Alexander James Dallas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1807 - 532 pages
...inhabited the country, except, perhaps, a few bold and enterprising men, in the vicinity of a garrison. But the constitution of the United States, has declared " that no state shall, without the consent of con" gress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war, in " time... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 576 pages
...state law, impairing- the obligation of such contract, which law, if binding, would defeat the suit. The constitution of the United States has declared that no state shall make any thing but .gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or pass a law impairing the obligation... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 782 pages
...state law, impairing the obligation of such contract, which law, if binding, would defeat the suit. The constitution of the United States has declared, that no state shall make any thing but gold or silver' coin a tender in payment of debts, or pass a law impairing the obligation... | |
| John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1840 - 172 pages
...constitution, so far as known to me, contains any such prohibition, it is clear that, in this respect, these legislatures are left in the full possession of this...inasmuch as the constitution of the United States ha« declared that no state shall emit bills of credit It is certain that the constitution of the United... | |
| John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...state law impairing the obligation of such contract, which law, if binding, would defeat the suit. The constitution of the United States has declared that no state shall make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or pass a law impairing the obligation... | |
| Samuel Hazard - Banks and banking - 1840 - 460 pages
...to me, contains any such prohibition, it is clear that in this respect those Legislatures are left m the full possession of this power, as an ordinary...illegal, inasmuch as the constitution of the United Slated has declared that no state shall emit bill* of credit. It is certain that the constitution of... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1840 - 394 pages
...State law, impairing the obligation of such contract, which law, if binding, would defeat the suit. The Constitution of the United States has declared, that no State shall make any thing but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or pass a law impairing the obligation... | |
| John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1842 - 226 pages
...constitution, so far as known to me, contains any such prohibition, it is clear that, tn this respect, these legislatures are left in the full possession of this...does contain this salutary prohibition ; but what ia a bill of credit ? It has no resemblance whatever to a bond, or other security given for the payment... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 660 pages
...for debts. To put an end at once and for ever to evils of this sort, and to dangers from this source, the Constitution of the United States has declared, that no State shall emit bills of credit, nor make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts, nor pass any law which shall impair... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 658 pages
...at once and for ever to evils of / this sort, and to dangers from this source, the Constitution of V the United States has declared, that no State shall emit bills / of credit, nor make any thing but gold and silver a tender in \ payment of debts, nor pass any law which shall... | |
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