The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 5Little, Brown, 1869 |
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... mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual ... means are insufficient to meet his engagements and pay his debts , the fact of bankruptcy has taken place ; a case ...
... mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual ... means are insufficient to meet his engagements and pay his debts , the fact of bankruptcy has taken place ; a case ...
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... means improbable that they contemplated also the example and institutions of other countries . There is no reason to sup- pose that it was intended to tie up the hands of Congress to the establishment of that particular bankrupt system ...
... means improbable that they contemplated also the example and institutions of other countries . There is no reason to sup- pose that it was intended to tie up the hands of Congress to the establishment of that particular bankrupt system ...
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... means , in the very same clause of the Constitution , where the word is applied to rules of nat- uralization ; and what it means in a previous clause , where it declares that all duties of impost shall be uniform throughout the United ...
... means , in the very same clause of the Constitution , where the word is applied to rules of nat- uralization ; and what it means in a previous clause , where it declares that all duties of impost shall be uniform throughout the United ...
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... mean to treat , nor to decide ; it is open to others , and will , no doubt , be discussed by them . But upon the expediency or propriety of including banks and other corporations in this bill , I will say a few words . The State with ...
... mean to treat , nor to decide ; it is open to others , and will , no doubt , be discussed by them . But upon the expediency or propriety of including banks and other corporations in this bill , I will say a few words . The State with ...
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... means , to resume and to maintain specie payments . I need not say , that they are among the greatest sufferers by the present most ruinous state of things . They pay , and others do not pay them . They cannot long stand the present ...
... means , to resume and to maintain specie payments . I need not say , that they are among the greatest sufferers by the present most ruinous state of things . They pay , and others do not pay them . They cannot long stand the present ...
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Page 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, to the north-westernmost head of Connecticut river...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 363 - Sir, I am ashamed to pursue this line of remark. I dislike it, I have an utter disgust for it. I would rather hear of natural blasts and mildews, war, pestilence, and famine, than to .hear gentlemen talk of secession. To break up this great government ! to dismember this glorious country ! to astonish Europe with an act of folly such as Europe for two centuries has .never beheld in any government or any people! No, Sir! no, Sir! There will be no secession ! Gentlemen are not serious when they talk...
Page 183 - ... if the appraised value thereof shall exceed, by ten per centum or more, the value so declared on the entry, then, in addition to the duties imposed by law on the same, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem on such appraised value : Provided, nevertheless. That under no circumstances shall the duty be assessed upon an amount less than the invoice value ; any law of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 302 - March 6, 1820, be and the same is hereby declared to extend to the Pacific Ocean ; and the said eighth section, together with the compromise therein effected, is hereby revived and declared to be in full force and binding for the future organization of the Territories of the United States, in the same sense and with the same understanding with which it was originally adopted.
Page 306 - America today with regard to slavery, but ventures, or is driven, to make some such desperate answer as the following, while professing to speak absolutely, and as a private man - from which what new and singular code of social duties might be inferred? 'The manner...
Page 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. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.