The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious IndexGales and Seaton, 1824 - United States |
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Page 1755
... cents per pound . " At the request of Mr. BAYLIES , however , the motion was withdrawn until further information on the ... cent . , ad valo- rem , on millstones , and all articles used in the manufacture of millstones . " This amendment ...
... cents per pound . " At the request of Mr. BAYLIES , however , the motion was withdrawn until further information on the ... cent . , ad valo- rem , on millstones , and all articles used in the manufacture of millstones . " This amendment ...
Page 1791
... cents per stand , " by adding the words following : " And on all other fire - arms , and on side - arms , thirty per cent . ad valorem . " The motion being explained by Mr. Foor , was adopted without opposition . Mr. McKIM then moved to ...
... cents per stand , " by adding the words following : " And on all other fire - arms , and on side - arms , thirty per cent . ad valorem . " The motion being explained by Mr. Foor , was adopted without opposition . Mr. McKIM then moved to ...
Page 1859
... cents . Sperm oil , at that period , ( and for some time previous , ) had been sold at 85 to 90 cents per gallon . Tallow is now 7 cents per and Winter strained oil 50 cents per gallon - a pound , Summer strained oil 37 cents per gallon ...
... cents . Sperm oil , at that period , ( and for some time previous , ) had been sold at 85 to 90 cents per gallon . Tallow is now 7 cents per and Winter strained oil 50 cents per gallon - a pound , Summer strained oil 37 cents per gallon ...
Page 1861
... cent duty . It is here manufactured into soap , exported to the West Indies , and ex- changed for a pound of coffee ; which , when im- ported into the United States , pays five cents duty ; therefore the pound of tallow pays six cents ...
... cent duty . It is here manufactured into soap , exported to the West Indies , and ex- changed for a pound of coffee ; which , when im- ported into the United States , pays five cents duty ; therefore the pound of tallow pays six cents ...
Page 1871
... cents per gallon , a duty of 25 cents per gallon . " Mr. TRIMBLE stated some facts in relation to the reasons which induced Congress to lay the 15 cent duty . Mr. Foor replied . Mr. GURLEY wished that claret wine might be excepted , as ...
... cents per gallon , a duty of 25 cents per gallon . " Mr. TRIMBLE stated some facts in relation to the reasons which induced Congress to lay the 15 cent duty . Mr. Foor replied . Mr. GURLEY wished that claret wine might be excepted , as ...
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Page 1895 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Page 1865 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis's Straits ; — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Page 2189 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to...
Page 2189 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 2365 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 2145 - This idea of an extensive domestic market for the surplus produce of the soil, is of the first consequence. It is, of all things, that which most effectually conduces to a flourishing state of agriculture.
Page 1789 - No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the Ports of the United States on British Vessels, than those payable in the same ports by Vessels of the United States...
Page 2205 - To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it.
Page 1865 - You surely thought those acquisitions of value, for they seemed even to excite your envy ; and yet the spirit, by which that enterprising employment has been exercised, ought rather, in my opinion, to have raised your esteem and admiration.
Page 2397 - To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of...