A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Band 1Taylor & Dodd, 1840 |
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... purposes of his life , " gave dignity to his manners , and he had a soft- ness and delicacy in his character which the acrimony of political strife had no effect to diminish . His style is often diffuse , and it may occasionally be ...
... purposes of his life , " gave dignity to his manners , and he had a soft- ness and delicacy in his character which the acrimony of political strife had no effect to diminish . His style is often diffuse , and it may occasionally be ...
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... purpose . The unpopu- larity of the abolitionists was not wholly without cause . They had done injury to the progressive cause of freedom , by a violence of denunciation which the good sense of the country pronounced un- just and ...
... purpose . The unpopu- larity of the abolitionists was not wholly without cause . They had done injury to the progressive cause of freedom , by a violence of denunciation which the good sense of the country pronounced un- just and ...
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... purpose of its creation - namely , the regulation of the currency of the United States . It is to be feared that men in general have not very precise notions of what constitutes a regulation of the currency . If the meaning of this ...
... purpose of its creation - namely , the regulation of the currency of the United States . It is to be feared that men in general have not very precise notions of what constitutes a regulation of the currency . If the meaning of this ...
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... purpose , as a fiscal agent and assistant of the Government , one on which it might at all times securely rely , it has wholly failed . We have seen it interfering in the national politics , and endeavouring to rule the suffrages of the ...
... purpose , as a fiscal agent and assistant of the Government , one on which it might at all times securely rely , it has wholly failed . We have seen it interfering in the national politics , and endeavouring to rule the suffrages of the ...
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... purpose of celebrating the postponed festival of the Fourth of July . In pursuance of this notice they met and commenced their exercises . Cer- tain members of the Music Society also arrived , not knowing the disposition which had been ...
... purpose of celebrating the postponed festival of the Fourth of July . In pursuance of this notice they met and commenced their exercises . Cer- tain members of the Music Society also arrived , not knowing the disposition which had been ...
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abolitionists adopted amount Andrew Jackson argument aristocracy banking system bill body politic Buren CAMBRELENG character charter citizens commercial Committee conduct Congress Constitution corporate corruption course cracy currency debt defence democracy democratic despotism doctrines dollars duty elected equal rights evil exclusive privileges exercise exerted favour France franking privilege Government Governor Marcy Grand Island grant honour incorporation institutions interest Jack Cade Jackson joint-stock partnerships journal labour legislation legislature liberty Martin Van Buren means measure ment millions mind monopolies nation never New-York object obliged opposed paper party pass patriotism persons Post present President principle of equal prison proper purpose question readers republican revenue Senate sentiments small note species spirit suffrage tion trade true trust ultraism United States Bank usurper violation vote Whigs whole WILLIAM LEGGETT
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Seite 254 - Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election.
Seite 194 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Seite 162 - There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Seite 120 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has...
Seite 177 - ... or convenient, or at least fashionable, to learn. A private teacher could never find his account in teaching either an exploded and antiquated system of a science acknowledged to be useful, or a science universally believed to be a mere useless and pedantic heap of sophistry and nonsense.
Seite 173 - ... of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least as interest is vulgarly understood, either to neglect it altogether, or, if he is subject to some authority which will not suffer him to do this, to perform it in as careless and slovenly a manner as that authority will permit.
Seite 166 - ... take a stand against all new grants of monopolies and exclusive privileges, against any prostitution of our government to the advancement of the few at the expense of the many, and in favor of compromise and gradual reform in our code of laws and system of political economy.
Seite 109 - ... of their menaced rights? Have they not the right to act in concert when their opponents act in concert? Nay, is it not their bounden duty to combine against the only enemy they have to fear as yet in this free country: monopoly and a great paper system that grinds them to the dust? Truly, this is strange republican doctrine, and this is a strange republican country, where men cannot unite in one common effort, in one common cause, without rousing the cry of danger to the rights of person and...
Seite 106 - The rich perceive, acknowledge, and act upon a common interest, and why not the poor ? Yet the moment the latter are called upon to combine for the preservation of their rights, forsooth the community is in danger ! Property is no longer secure, and life in jeopardy. This cant has descended to us from those times when the poor and...
Seite 253 - ... 7. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this state, civil or military, who is not a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have resided in this state one year next before the election or appointment.