The History of the United States of America, Volume 4Harper, 1849 |
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... Bill ; its Provisions Resolutions of State Legislatures against it Hamilton's Report on a National Bank ... Retrospect of the State of the Currency . 251- 252 253 254 256 256 256 Expediency of a National Bank 261 Debate thereon ...
... Bill ; its Provisions Resolutions of State Legislatures against it Hamilton's Report on a National Bank ... Retrospect of the State of the Currency . 251- 252 253 254 256 256 256 Expediency of a National Bank 261 Debate thereon ...
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... bills could only be introduced by com- mittees to whom the subject - matter had been referred . Every bill was required to receive three readings on three different days . It was made a standing order of the day for the House to resolve ...
... bills could only be introduced by com- mittees to whom the subject - matter had been referred . Every bill was required to receive three readings on three different days . It was made a standing order of the day for the House to resolve ...
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... bills upon resolutions discussed in committee of the whole and adopted by the House , the principal discussion being thus made to pre- cede the introduction of the bill - a method since , in a great measure , superseded by the practice ...
... bills upon resolutions discussed in committee of the whole and adopted by the House , the principal discussion being thus made to pre- cede the introduction of the bill - a method since , in a great measure , superseded by the practice ...
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... bill . " As we The resolutions respecting tonnage duties coming up , May 4 . Lawrence made another vigorous effort to do away with the discrimination in favor of allied nations . had no treaties with Spain and Portugal , they , as well ...
... bill . " As we The resolutions respecting tonnage duties coming up , May 4 . Lawrence made another vigorous effort to do away with the discrimination in favor of allied nations . had no treaties with Spain and Portugal , they , as well ...
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... bill having been reported , and being under May 12 . discussion on the question of its second reading , Parker , of Virginia , moved to insert a clause imposing a duty of ten dollars on every slave imported . " He was sorry the ...
... bill having been reported , and being under May 12 . discussion on the question of its second reading , Parker , of Virginia , moved to insert a clause imposing a duty of ten dollars on every slave imported . " He was sorry the ...
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Page 678 - ... constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion...
Page 267 - I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the rewarder of the good and the punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration...
Page 174 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Page 609 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.
Page 580 - As, therefore, it is perfectly clear to my understanding, that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty ; as the treaty with Great Britain exhibits, in itself, all the objects requiring legislative provision, and on these the papers called for can throw no light ; and as it is essential to the due administration of the government, that the boundaries, fixed by the constitution between the different departments, should be preserved; a just regard to the...
Page 57 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and unpracticed in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.
Page 357 - I was duped into by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.
Page 198 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 358 - I acknowledge and avow; and this was not merely a speculative difference. His system flowed from principles adverse to liberty, and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic, by creating an influence of his department over members of the legislature.
Page 176 - ... devise means for removing this inconsistency from the character of the American people...