The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 5Little, Brown, 1869 |
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... received , and nobody shall contradict it . In other words , a fiction , not very innocent , shall be allowed to overcome an unconstitutional objection . The gentleman has been misled by a false analogy . He has adopted an example which ...
... received , and nobody shall contradict it . In other words , a fiction , not very innocent , shall be allowed to overcome an unconstitutional objection . The gentleman has been misled by a false analogy . He has adopted an example which ...
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... received a discharge ? And this , be assured , many of them would have done , if the law had pro- vided that by so doing they should obtain that discharge . But there was no such legal provision ; they had no hope on that side , but ...
... received a discharge ? And this , be assured , many of them would have done , if the law had pro- vided that by so doing they should obtain that discharge . But there was no such legal provision ; they had no hope on that side , but ...
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... received his just proportion , he might have been saved . The great interest of the mass of creditors is , that the debtor's effects shall be equally divided among them all . At present , there is no security for such equal division ...
... received his just proportion , he might have been saved . The great interest of the mass of creditors is , that the debtor's effects shall be equally divided among them all . At present , there is no security for such equal division ...
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... received eight millions . Now , Sir , these are all items of a preëxisting fund , no part of which has accrued since January , 1837 . To these I may add the outstanding treasury - notes running on interest ( four and a half millions ) ...
... received eight millions . Now , Sir , these are all items of a preëxisting fund , no part of which has accrued since January , 1837 . To these I may add the outstanding treasury - notes running on interest ( four and a half millions ) ...
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... received from the land offices had been " mixed up in the general fund . " Here , then , is one item of trust money , money not our own , which has been mixed up with our own money , and received as part of the available funds of the ...
... received from the land offices had been " mixed up in the general fund . " Here , then , is one item of trust money , money not our own , which has been mixed up with our own money , and received as part of the available funds of the ...
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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.