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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... fact or in contemplation of law , are traders , but to all persons who declare themselves insolvent , or unable to pay their debts and meet their engagements , and who desire to assign their property for the benefit of their creditors ...
... fact or in contemplation of law , are traders , but to all persons who declare themselves insolvent , or unable to pay their debts and meet their engagements , and who desire to assign their property for the benefit of their creditors ...
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... fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual . When a man cannot pay his debts , we say he has become a bankrupt , or has failed . Bankruptcy is not merely the condition of a man who is insolvent , and on whom a ...
... fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual . When a man cannot pay his debts , we say he has become a bankrupt , or has failed . Bankruptcy is not merely the condition of a man who is insolvent , and on whom a ...
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... facts and to evade the law , if creditors should strike . All this is evil , unmixed evil . And what is it all for ? Of what benefit to any body ? Who likes it ? Who wishes it ? What class of creditors desire it ? What consideration of ...
... facts and to evade the law , if creditors should strike . All this is evil , unmixed evil . And what is it all for ? Of what benefit to any body ? Who likes it ? Who wishes it ? What class of creditors desire it ? What consideration of ...
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... fact full of admonition . I ask attention to it . Nobody failed , notwithstanding this immense loss of property ; and what was the reason ? No one doubts that hundreds were rendered deeply insolvent by this so extensive calamity . Why ...
... fact full of admonition . I ask attention to it . Nobody failed , notwithstanding this immense loss of property ; and what was the reason ? No one doubts that hundreds were rendered deeply insolvent by this so extensive calamity . Why ...
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... facts , very necessary to be consid- ered by those who would look out beforehand that they may provide for the future . Of these , the first in importance is , that the expenditures of the government , during the term of the present ...
... facts , very necessary to be consid- ered by those who would look out beforehand that they may provide for the future . Of these , the first in importance is , that the expenditures of the government , during the term of the present ...
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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.