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... commonwealth , was to be credited under all the circumstances of the case . If they should think it insufficient , the prosecution , he said , must fail . If otherwise , then the charge was sufficient- ly laid in the indictment , to ...
... commonwealth , was to be credited under all the circumstances of the case . If they should think it insufficient , the prosecution , he said , must fail . If otherwise , then the charge was sufficient- ly laid in the indictment , to ...
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... commonwealth and their intermediate districts , in one bond of mutual intercourse and prosperity . She can boast of a canal from Philadelphia to Reading and Potts- ville , on the Schuylkill ; to Middletown and Harrisburg , on the ...
... commonwealth and their intermediate districts , in one bond of mutual intercourse and prosperity . She can boast of a canal from Philadelphia to Reading and Potts- ville , on the Schuylkill ; to Middletown and Harrisburg , on the ...
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... commonwealth , and an evidence of the great value of our public works . These observations , although particularly directed to the stranger , may be applied with equal force to the emigrant of the eastern section of our country , where ...
... commonwealth , and an evidence of the great value of our public works . These observations , although particularly directed to the stranger , may be applied with equal force to the emigrant of the eastern section of our country , where ...
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... commonwealth ! What an extensive field for labour ! What an encouraging prospect for the emi- grant landing on our shores ! ( Juzr truth , and let the world know , as far as I am capable of doing so , the improved condition and vast ...
... commonwealth ! What an extensive field for labour ! What an encouraging prospect for the emi- grant landing on our shores ! ( Juzr truth , and let the world know , as far as I am capable of doing so , the improved condition and vast ...
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... commonwealth ; but its funds are not such as to author- ize the adoption of an efficient system of measures , which the actual state of the concern requires . The field of operation must , therefore , be necessarily contracted , until ...
... commonwealth ; but its funds are not such as to author- ize the adoption of an efficient system of measures , which the actual state of the concern requires . The field of operation must , therefore , be necessarily contracted , until ...
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Page 22 - All persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world...
Page 155 - Gen'rous converse ; a soul exempt from pride ; And love to praise, with reason on his side ? Such once were Critics ; such the happy few, Athens and Rome in better ages knew. The mighty...
Page 330 - ... contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled " elections,
Page 130 - To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled.
Page 118 - But a new kind of loyalty seems to be required of us, a loyalty to Parliament; a loyalty that is to extend, it is said, to a surrender of all our properties, whenever a House of Commons, (in which there is not a single member of our choosing) shall think fit to grant them away without our consent...
Page 59 - The Bank of the United States, though on the original question held to be unconstitutional, received the Executive signature.
Page 239 - That no objection ought ever to be made to any amount of taxes, equally apportioned and imposed, for the purpose of raising revenue necessary for the support of government ; but that taxes imposed on the people for the sole benefit of any one class of men are equally inconsistent with the principles of our Constitution and with sound policy.
Page 56 - Resolved, That copies of this report, and the papers annexed to it, be presented to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, the Corporations of the Northern Liberties, Penn Township, the District of Southwark, and the Township of Moyamensing, respectively. A. The City Councils appropriated $300,000, of which the Committee received...
Page 116 - Mr. Clark offered the following : "Resolved, That the Comptroller of State be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant...
Page 225 - WHEREAS it appears, that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, on the one part, and France on the other ; and the duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers...