The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R.P. Bixby & Company, 1843 |
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... millions of dollars ; secondly , the destruction of our navigation ; thirdly , the desola- tion of commercial cities ... million seven hundred and ninety - nine thousand four hundred and thirty - five dollars , and , after various ...
... millions of dollars ; secondly , the destruction of our navigation ; thirdly , the desola- tion of commercial cities ... million seven hundred and ninety - nine thousand four hundred and thirty - five dollars , and , after various ...
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... millions of dollars ; the manufacturers of hats and caps , produce an annual value of fifteen millions ; the cabinet - makers , twelve millions ; the manufacturers of bonnets and hats for the female sex , lace , artificial flowers ...
... millions of dollars ; the manufacturers of hats and caps , produce an annual value of fifteen millions ; the cabinet - makers , twelve millions ; the manufacturers of bonnets and hats for the female sex , lace , artificial flowers ...
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... millions of dollars , and the number of persons at one hundred and fifty thousand . The value of iron , considered as a raw material , and of its manu- factures , is estimated at twenty - six millions of dollars per annum . Cotton goods ...
... millions of dollars , and the number of persons at one hundred and fifty thousand . The value of iron , considered as a raw material , and of its manu- factures , is estimated at twenty - six millions of dollars per annum . Cotton goods ...
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... millions of dollars , and the total amount , when the returns of that quarter are received , will exceed fifty millions of dollars ! It is surprising how we have been able to sustain , for so long a time , a trade so very unequal . must ...
... millions of dollars , and the total amount , when the returns of that quarter are received , will exceed fifty millions of dollars ! It is surprising how we have been able to sustain , for so long a time , a trade so very unequal . must ...
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... millions , and there is an additional value conferred by the manufacturer of eighteen millions ; it being generally calculated that , in such cotton fabrics as we are in the habit of making , the manufacture constitutes three fourths of ...
... millions , and there is an additional value conferred by the manufacturer of eighteen millions ; it being generally calculated that , in such cotton fabrics as we are in the habit of making , the manufacture constitutes three fourths of ...
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Seite 312 - 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 269 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 104 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Seite 160 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Seite 155 - In such cases their acts are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which executive discretion may be used, still there exists, and can exist, no power to control that discretion/ The subjects are political. They respect the Nation, not individual rights, and being intrusted to the Executive, the decision of the Executive is conclusive.
Seite 526 - ... in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the secretary of the treasury, and the treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to receive the same. All sums of money paid into the treasury under this section shall be set apart and credited to a fund to be known as the "Debris Fund...
Seite 160 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Seite 155 - 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 174 - The charter of the Bank of the United States expires in 1836, and its stockholders will most probably apply for a renewal of their privileges. In order to avoid the evils resulting from precipitancy in a measure involving such important principles, and such deep pecuniary interests, I feel that I cannot, in justice to the parties interested, too soon present it to the deliberate consideration of the legislature and the people.
Seite 529 - A majority of the whole number of members elected to each House...