The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... England , as then existing ; and that the laws of England then existing embraced none but merchants and traders , and provided only for involuntary or coercive bankruptcies . Now , Sir , in the first place , allow me to remark , that ...
... England , as then existing ; and that the laws of England then existing embraced none but merchants and traders , and provided only for involuntary or coercive bankruptcies . Now , Sir , in the first place , allow me to remark , that ...
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... England ; and the bankrupt laws of England , as then existing , embraced only merchants and traders , and were only applied to debtors at the instance of their creditors ; there- fore the inference is said to be , that traders only ...
... England ; and the bankrupt laws of England , as then existing , embraced only merchants and traders , and were only applied to debtors at the instance of their creditors ; there- fore the inference is said to be , that traders only ...
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... England for a general example ; they must be supposed , nevertheless , to have looked to the power of Parliament , and not to the particular mode in which that power had been exercised , or the particular law then actually existing ...
... England for a general example ; they must be supposed , nevertheless , to have looked to the power of Parliament , and not to the particular mode in which that power had been exercised , or the particular law then actually existing ...
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... England , as it existed in 1789 , was not the same which had previously existed , nor the same as that which after- wards existed , or that which now exists . At first , the system was coercive , and the law a sort of criminal law ...
... England , as it existed in 1789 , was not the same which had previously existed , nor the same as that which after- wards existed , or that which now exists . At first , the system was coercive , and the law a sort of criminal law ...
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... England in 1789. This is clear . And in the next place , he admits any one who will say that he has been concerned in trade ; and he maintains , and has asserted , that in this country any body may say that . Any body , then , may come ...
... England in 1789. This is clear . And in the next place , he admits any one who will say that he has been concerned in trade ; and he maintains , and has asserted , that in this country any body may say that . Any body , then , may come ...
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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 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 vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
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 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 361 - ... to see them quit their places and fly off 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 thjng as a peaceable secession.
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.