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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... believe there is a pretty strong disposition to include the banks in the bankrupt law . The people in that quarter apprehend from it no danger to themselves or their own institutions , and they wish to see banks elsewhere coerced , by ...
... believe there is a pretty strong disposition to include the banks in the bankrupt law . The people in that quarter apprehend from it no danger to themselves or their own institutions , and they wish to see banks elsewhere coerced , by ...
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... believe that the interest of creditors would be greatly benefited even by a system of voluntary bankruptcy alone , and I am quite confident that the public good would be eminently promoted . In my judgment , all interests concur ; and ...
... believe that the interest of creditors would be greatly benefited even by a system of voluntary bankruptcy alone , and I am quite confident that the public good would be eminently promoted . In my judgment , all interests concur ; and ...
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... believe that the power of perpetuating debts . against debtors , for no substantial good to the creditor himself , and the power of imprisonment for debt , at least as it existed in this country ten years ago , have imposed more ...
... believe that the power of perpetuating debts . against debtors , for no substantial good to the creditor himself , and the power of imprisonment for debt , at least as it existed in this country ten years ago , have imposed more ...
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... believe that creditors are generally hu- mane and just ; but there will always , or often , be some who are selfish , unjust , or indifferent . There will be some who will not compound . The man , therefore , who would stop , since he ...
... believe that creditors are generally hu- mane and just ; but there will always , or often , be some who are selfish , unjust , or indifferent . There will be some who will not compound . The man , therefore , who would stop , since he ...
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... believe I have now noticed so much of the honorable Sena- tor's speech as requires a reply ; and I shall resume my seat with again repeating that it has been no part of my purpose to ascribe either extravagance , or the opposite virtue ...
... believe I have now noticed so much of the honorable Sena- tor's speech as requires a reply ; and I shall resume my seat with again repeating that it has been no part of my purpose to ascribe either extravagance , or the opposite virtue ...
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Seite 488 - 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. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.
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.
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 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 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 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 362 - Union which is every day felt among us with so much joy and gratitude. What is to become of the army ? What is to become of the navy? What is to become of the public lands? How is each of the thirty States to defend itself?
Seite 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.