Speeches and Reports in the Assembly of New York, at the Annual Session of 1838O. Steele, 1838 - 228 Seiten |
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... representative would answer the purpose equally well , would be just as wise as it would be if a merchant should use a gold or silver yard - stick instead of one of wood or brass , when this last would perform the service of a yard - 16.
... representative would answer the purpose equally well , would be just as wise as it would be if a merchant should use a gold or silver yard - stick instead of one of wood or brass , when this last would perform the service of a yard - 16.
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... purpose of conducting legislation , as far as may be , on any such narrow , par- tial and exclusive principle . But touching this subject of security to the bill - holder , I think the tone of the gen- tlemen in the opposition must be ...
... purpose of conducting legislation , as far as may be , on any such narrow , par- tial and exclusive principle . But touching this subject of security to the bill - holder , I think the tone of the gen- tlemen in the opposition must be ...
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... purpose alone , the basis ordinarily need not be large ; for experience shews that probably not one person in five , holding bills will demand the specie ; frequently , in times of security and confidence , not one in twenty , or even ...
... purpose alone , the basis ordinarily need not be large ; for experience shews that probably not one person in five , holding bills will demand the specie ; frequently , in times of security and confidence , not one in twenty , or even ...
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... purpose of public benefit for which they were created . Now I ask gentlemen who have addressed the com- mittee in opposition to this bill , with a single exception , whether they think they can say as much ? They charge , in the way of ...
... purpose of public benefit for which they were created . Now I ask gentlemen who have addressed the com- mittee in opposition to this bill , with a single exception , whether they think they can say as much ? They charge , in the way of ...
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... be so disposed , freely to do their part in supplying the country with so important and delicate an instrument and agent as that of currency . Whether there be or be not error in such a position , is nothing to the present purpose . 41.
... be so disposed , freely to do their part in supplying the country with so important and delicate an instrument and agent as that of currency . Whether there be or be not error in such a position , is nothing to the present purpose . 41.
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Seite 183 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Seite 214 - Dost thou come here to whine ? To outface me with leaping in her grave ? Be buried quick with her, and so will I : And, if thou prate of mountains, let them throw Millions of acres on us, till our ground, Singeing his pate against the burning zone, Make Ossa like a wart ! Nay, an thou'lt mouth, I'll rant as well as thou.
Seite 224 - Such as shall have been purchased at sales upon judgments, decrees or mortgages obtained or made for such debts; and it shall not be lawful for any company incorporated as aforesaid to purchase, hold or convey real estate in any other case or for any other purpose...
Seite 91 - If, therefore, I refrain from suggesting to Congress any specific plan for regulating the exchanges of the country, relieving mercantile embarrassments, or interfering with the ordinary operations of foreign or domestic commerce, it is from a conviction that such measures are not within the constitutional province of the General Government, and that their adoption would not promote the real and permanent welfare of those they might be designed to aid.
Seite 184 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people — a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Seite 184 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Seite 221 - The names and places of residence of the shareholders and the number of shares held by each of them. Fifth. The fact that the certificate is made to enable such persons to avail themselves of the advantages of this Title.
Seite 222 - ... transferable on the books of the association in such manner as may be prescribed in the by-laws or articles of association ; and every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to his shares, succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the prior holder of such shares, and no change shall be made in the articles of association...
Seite 221 - Such persons, under their hands and seals, shall make a certificate which shall specify : 1 . The name assumed to distinguish such association, and to be used in its dealings : 2.
Seite 222 - ... every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to his shares, succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the prior holder of such shares, and no change shall be made in the articles of association by which the rights, remedies, or security of the existing creditors of the association shall be impaired.