Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850. Chiefly Taken from the Congress Debates, the Private Papers of General Jackson, and the Speeches of Ex-Senator Benton, with His Actual View of the Men and Affairs: with Historical Notes and Illustrations, and Some Notices of Eminent Deceased Contemporaries, Band 1D. Appleton, 1854 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite 4
... effect a according to its discretion , under that clause treaty duly made by the President and Senate which authorizes it to " dispose of and make all within the limits of the treaty making power- needful rules and regulations ...
... effect a according to its discretion , under that clause treaty duly made by the President and Senate which authorizes it to " dispose of and make all within the limits of the treaty making power- needful rules and regulations ...
Seite 10
... effect proper point of view ; and that it was a political was perceived the Northern democracy became movement for the balance of power , balked by alarmed , and only wanted a turn or abatement the Northern democracy , who saw their own ...
... effect proper point of view ; and that it was a political was perceived the Northern democracy became movement for the balance of power , balked by alarmed , and only wanted a turn or abatement the Northern democracy , who saw their own ...
Seite 25
... effect the powers specifically granted to Congress . This power , as being the one which chiefly gave rise to the latitudinarian constructions which dis- criminated parties , when parties were founded upon principle , is closely and ...
... effect the powers specifically granted to Congress . This power , as being the one which chiefly gave rise to the latitudinarian constructions which dis- criminated parties , when parties were founded upon principle , is closely and ...
Seite 39
... effect became The electors have no practical power over the strong as the election of 1824 approached , when election , and have had none since their institu- there were many candidates in the field , and tion . From the beginning they ...
... effect became The electors have no practical power over the strong as the election of 1824 approached , when election , and have had none since their institu- there were many candidates in the field , and tion . From the beginning they ...
Seite 48
... effect , and unjustly , in prejudicing the public mind against Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay . They had been political adversaries , had co - operated in the election , and went into the administration to- gether . Mr. Clay received the office ...
... effect , and unjustly , in prejudicing the public mind against Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay . They had been political adversaries , had co - operated in the election , and went into the administration to- gether . Mr. Clay received the office ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adams adopted amendment American amount Andrew Jackson appointed authority bank Bank of England bill branch branch bank British cabinet Calhoun Cambreleng cent character charter citizens Clay commencement committee Congress constitution court currency debt declared deposits directors dollars duty effect election established Executive existence fact favor federal government foreign friends gentleman Georgia give gold gress honor House of Representatives hundred impeachment Indians institution interest Jackson John John Quincy Adams Kentucky legislation legislature liberty measure ment millions Missouri New-York nomination nullification object opinion paper party payment political present President principle proposed protection purpose question reason received removal resolution revenue salt Secretary Seminole war Senate session sion South Carolina Spain speech tariff tariff of 1828 territory thing tion treasury treaty uncon Union United violation Virginia vote Webster West whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 319 - But each State having expressly parted with so many powers as to constitute jointly with the other States a single nation, cannot from that period possess any right to secede, because such secession does not break a league, but destroys the unity of a nation...
Seite 13 - State, the propositions set forth in "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes...
Seite 315 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us, in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 151 - The people, then, sir, erected this government. They gave it a constitution, and in that constitution they have enumerated the powers which they bestow on it. They have made it a limited government. They have defined its authority.
Seite 317 - State, shut up her ports, destroy or harass her commerce, or to enforce the acts hereby declared to be null and void, otherwise than through the civil tribunals of the country, as inconsistent with the longer continuance of...
Seite 271 - ... to enable the bank to discharge its duties to the government ; and from their decision there is no appeal to the courts of justice. Under the decision of the supreme court, therefore, it is the exclusive province of Congress and the president to decide whether the particular features of this act are necessary, and proper...
Seite 269 - Every monopoly and all exclusive privileges are granted at the expense of the public, which ought to receive a fair equivalent. The many millions which this act proposes to bestow on the stockholders of the existing bank must come directly or indirectly out of the earnings of the American people. It is due to them, therefore, if their Government sell monopolies and exclusive privileges, that they should at least exact for them as much as they are worth in open market. The value of the* monopoly in...
Seite 269 - I can not perceive the justice or policy of this course. If our Government must sell monopolies, it would seem to be its duty to take nothing less than their full value, and if gratuities must be made once in fifteen or twenty years let them not be bestowed on the subjects of a foreign government nor upon a designated and favored class of men in our own country.
Seite 465 - The design of supplying the mint with foreign coins, for recoinage, had then failed ; and in that respect the exclusion of foreign coins has failed in one of its objects — in the other, that of making room for a substitute of bank notes, the success of the scheme has been complete, excessive, and deplorable. Foreign coins were again made a legal tender, their value regulated and their importation encouraged, at the expiration of the charter of the first Bank of the United States. This continued...
Seite 319 - To say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...