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It would give them a power which might be exerted for useful and honorable purposes , or for dangerous and pernicious ones . If the latter were the real and actual object , and susceptible of proof , it should have been specially ...
It would give them a power which might be exerted for useful and honorable purposes , or for dangerous and pernicious ones . If the latter were the real and actual object , and susceptible of proof , it should have been specially ...
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We , therefore , must look to some system of finance that will give us all the aid possible either in the form of paper money or by the agencies of associated banks . We know very well that after this war is over , this Government will ...
We , therefore , must look to some system of finance that will give us all the aid possible either in the form of paper money or by the agencies of associated banks . We know very well that after this war is over , this Government will ...
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If you give to an individual or a corporation the power to issue his note as money at a time when he is not restrained by the necessity of paying it in gold and silver , you give him practically the power to coin money .
If you give to an individual or a corporation the power to issue his note as money at a time when he is not restrained by the necessity of paying it in gold and silver , you give him practically the power to coin money .
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Contents
Economic Provisions of the Constitution of the United States | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 13 |
The Tariff and Tonnage Acts of July 4 and July 20 1789 | 15 |
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| Title | Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900) An Anvil original, 55-56 Volume 55 of Anvil books Volumes 55-56 of Anvil original Volume 1 of Major Documents in American Economic History, Louis Morton Hacker |
| Editor | Louis Morton Hacker |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Jul 2007 |
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