Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ...Gales & Seaton, 1834 |
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... currency was the main object in establish- a Secretary of the Treasury , a subordinate officer of the ing that bank . About that period a convention of repre- Government , the creature of Congress , arrogates to him - sentatives from ...
... currency was the main object in establish- a Secretary of the Treasury , a subordinate officer of the ing that bank . About that period a convention of repre- Government , the creature of Congress , arrogates to him - sentatives from ...
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... currency . ' renewal of the charter . But Mr. B. would not take that " " On Monday , January 6 , Mr. BENTON continued : This , exclaimed Mr. B. , is the assault of the President ground . He would take the true ground , that the Presi ...
... currency . ' renewal of the charter . But Mr. B. would not take that " " On Monday , January 6 , Mr. BENTON continued : This , exclaimed Mr. B. , is the assault of the President ground . He would take the true ground , that the Presi ...
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... currency - an Herculean task ; to of the charter . They therefore expressly provided modes keep the public money safely , and furnish it for the Gov - in which this knowledge should be acquired , by monthly ernment wherever it was ...
... currency - an Herculean task ; to of the charter . They therefore expressly provided modes keep the public money safely , and furnish it for the Gov - in which this knowledge should be acquired , by monthly ernment wherever it was ...
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... currency , treasury notes , notes of the knowledge of the operations of the treasury at that time . Bank of the United States , or notes of banks payable in The letters and documents to which I have referred may legal currency ; and ...
... currency , treasury notes , notes of the knowledge of the operations of the treasury at that time . Bank of the United States , or notes of banks payable in The letters and documents to which I have referred may legal currency ; and ...
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... currency , ble . Still it was disbelieved . But at length semi - official where the Secretary has made no search ; it is not pro- authority declared that the purpose was fixed . The cabi- duced by the want of money in the country ; it ...
... currency , ble . Still it was disbelieved . But at length semi - official where the Secretary has made no search ; it is not pro- authority declared that the purpose was fixed . The cabi- duced by the want of money in the country ; it ...
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Seite 177 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Seite 65 - By the constitution of the United States, the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which, he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Seite 57 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Seite 67 - The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the President, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional or legal discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examinable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that...
Seite 101 - SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, and whenever required by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said corporation shall give the necessary facilities for transferring the public funds from place to place, within the United States, or the territories thereof, and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors...
Seite 287 - Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; * * * to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office...
Seite 71 - That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
Seite 411 - Frontier of the United States. Communicated by the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the United States, March 12, 1863.
Seite 461 - An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution...
Seite 305 - ... in such manner as the President of the United States shall from time to time order or instruct.