The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts, and speeches in CongressC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... Bank of the United States . 391 FURTHER REMARKS ON THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES . 407 Made in the Senate , on the 28th of May , 1832 . THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF THE UNITED STATES BANK BILL A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United ...
... Bank of the United States . 391 FURTHER REMARKS ON THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES . 407 Made in the Senate , on the 28th of May , 1832 . THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF THE UNITED STATES BANK BILL A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United ...
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... bank to lend money to government . 4. To introduce a section providing , that if the bank do not com- mence its operations within the space of -months , from the day of the passing of the act , the charter shall thereby be forfeited . 5 ...
... bank to lend money to government . 4. To introduce a section providing , that if the bank do not com- mence its operations within the space of -months , from the day of the passing of the act , the charter shall thereby be forfeited . 5 ...
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... bank will be reduced from fifty to thirty millions , and will be composed of spe- cie and stocks in nearly the same proportions as the capital of the former Bank of the United States . The obligation to lend thirty millions of dollars ...
... bank will be reduced from fifty to thirty millions , and will be composed of spe- cie and stocks in nearly the same proportions as the capital of the former Bank of the United States . The obligation to lend thirty millions of dollars ...
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... bank paper are the effects rather than the causes of a profitable commerce and a well - ordered system of finance . They are the props of national wealth and prosperity , not the foundations of them . Whoever shall attempt to restore ...
... bank paper are the effects rather than the causes of a profitable commerce and a well - ordered system of finance . They are the props of national wealth and prosperity , not the foundations of them . Whoever shall attempt to restore ...
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... bank will possess five millions of dollars and the govern- ment will owe it forty - five millions . The bank is restrained from selling this debt of government during the war , and govern- ment is excused from paying until it shall see ...
... bank will possess five millions of dollars and the govern- ment will owe it forty - five millions . The bank is restrained from selling this debt of government during the war , and govern- ment is excused from paying until it shall see ...
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Seite 310 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...
Seite 495 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Seite 449 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Seite 264 - ... many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now are. I ask for the reading of the resolution before the Senate.
Seite 194 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America...
Seite 312 - I understand him to insist, that if the exigency of the case, in the opinion of any State government, require it, such State government may, by its own sovereign authority, annul an act of the general government, which it deems plainly and palpably unconstitutional.
Seite 311 - And sir, where American Liberty raised its first voice; and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit. If discord and disunion shall wound...
Seite 249 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Seite 334 - Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do any thing for themselves ; they imagine there is no safety for them any longer than they are under the close guardianship of the state legislatures. Sir, the people have not trusted their safety, in regard to the general constitution, to these hands. They have required other security, and taken other bonds. They have chosen to trust themselves, first, to the plain words of the instrument, and to such construction as the government...
Seite 492 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.