Speeches in Congress ; Legal arguments and speeches to the juryLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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Daniel Webster. OBJECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States , on the 23d of March , 1848 , on the Bill from the House of Representatives for raising a Loan of Sixteen Millions of Dollars . EXCLUSION ...
Daniel Webster. OBJECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States , on the 23d of March , 1848 , on the Bill from the House of Representatives for raising a Loan of Sixteen Millions of Dollars . EXCLUSION ...
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... object was to authorize Congress to establish a uniform system throughout all the States . No State could of itself establish such a system ; it could only establish a system for itself ; and the diversities , inconsistencies , and ...
... object was to authorize Congress to establish a uniform system throughout all the States . No State could of itself establish such a system ; it could only establish a system for itself ; and the diversities , inconsistencies , and ...
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... object is , not to confine the bill to traders , but to embrace every body ; and yet he deems it neces- sary for every person applying to state , and to swear , that he has been engaged in trade . This seems to me to be both superfiu ...
... object is , not to confine the bill to traders , but to embrace every body ; and yet he deems it neces- sary for every person applying to state , and to swear , that he has been engaged in trade . This seems to me to be both superfiu ...
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... object of the provision . Bankrupt laws were supposed to be closely connected with commercial regulations . They were con- sidered to be laws nearly affecting the intercourse , trade , and dealing between citizens of different States ...
... object of the provision . Bankrupt laws were supposed to be closely connected with commercial regulations . They were con- sidered to be laws nearly affecting the intercourse , trade , and dealing between citizens of different States ...
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... object of bringing the banks into the bill at all ? Certainly there can be no just object other than to insure the constant and punctual discharge of their duties , by always paying their notes on presentment . Clearly there can be no ...
... object of bringing the banks into the bill at all ? Certainly there can be no just object other than to insure the constant and punctual discharge of their duties , by always paying their notes on presentment . Clearly there can be no ...
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Seite 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Seite 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Seite 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Seite 373 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 361 - ... without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Seite 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Seite 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.