The United States Democratic Review, Volume 21Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1847 |
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... persons whose money is not only exempt from a demand which holds all others , but who require full interest for its use , as applied to objects in which their interest is as great as those who borrow of them ? It is very clear that if ...
... persons whose money is not only exempt from a demand which holds all others , but who require full interest for its use , as applied to objects in which their interest is as great as those who borrow of them ? It is very clear that if ...
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... persons in the cheap money of 1816 , it represents the industry of 20,000,000 persons in the dear money of 1847 . The financial history of England since 1815 , has been that of a constant struggle against the oppression of the debt in ...
... persons in the cheap money of 1816 , it represents the industry of 20,000,000 persons in the dear money of 1847 . The financial history of England since 1815 , has been that of a constant struggle against the oppression of the debt in ...
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... persons as shall vol- untarily raise £ 1,500,000 for carrying on the war with France . " The subscribers to the sum to be a corporation , with the title of " The Gov- ernor and Company of the Bank of England . " The subscribed capital ...
... persons as shall vol- untarily raise £ 1,500,000 for carrying on the war with France . " The subscribers to the sum to be a corporation , with the title of " The Gov- ernor and Company of the Bank of England . " The subscribed capital ...
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... person holding produce will not sell it for less than its value , although he may have due to him a certain number of sovereigns , and be compelled to take them of half weight . The holder of a barrel of flour worth £ 2 , or 246 grs ...
... person holding produce will not sell it for less than its value , although he may have due to him a certain number of sovereigns , and be compelled to take them of half weight . The holder of a barrel of flour worth £ 2 , or 246 grs ...
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... persons were prohibited from selling full weight pieces for more than 20s . , light ones were sold as high as 25s . each . With the de- preciation of paper , forgeries were frequent , and it was made death to utter a forged note . For ...
... persons were prohibited from selling full weight pieces for more than 20s . , light ones were sold as high as 25s . each . With the de- preciation of paper , forgeries were frequent , and it was made death to utter a forged note . For ...
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Page 204 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 293 - Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen, of either of the States in this Union, shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the constitution of the United States...
Page 226 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Page 196 - It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
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Page 137 - It was answered by the battle-cry of every Spaniard in the city, as rushing from the avenues of the great halls in which they were concealed, they poured into the plaza, horse and foot, each in his own dark column, and threw themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated like thunder from the surrounding buildings, and blinded by the smoke which rolled in sulphurous volumes along the square,...
Page 292 - The clause manifestly contemplates the existence of a positive, unqualified right on the part of the owner of the slave, which no State law or regulation can in any way qualify, regulate, control, or restrain.
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