Annual Report of the Boston Board of Trade, Merchants Exchange ..., Volume 12Boston Board of Trade, 1866 |
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... demand . " Three days elapsed ; and Virginia passed an ordinance of secession from the Union , and Jefferson Davis issued a proclamation authorizing pi- rates , under his commission , to prey upon the commerce of his country . On the ...
... demand . " Three days elapsed ; and Virginia passed an ordinance of secession from the Union , and Jefferson Davis issued a proclamation authorizing pi- rates , under his commission , to prey upon the commerce of his country . On the ...
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... DEMANDS THE OPENING OF all CommuNICATIONS TO THE SEA- BOARD . ' Again : : - " From actual experience derived from the shipment of Indian - corn from Chicago to Liverpool , it is shown that the freight charges often cover seven - eighths ...
... DEMANDS THE OPENING OF all CommuNICATIONS TO THE SEA- BOARD . ' Again : : - " From actual experience derived from the shipment of Indian - corn from Chicago to Liverpool , it is shown that the freight charges often cover seven - eighths ...
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... demand is , to open , in large vessels , a direct trade with Europe ; and the Delegates from this Board , as representing those who live near the sea , and who use it at will , and without charge , felt that , leaving out of the ...
... demand is , to open , in large vessels , a direct trade with Europe ; and the Delegates from this Board , as representing those who live near the sea , and who use it at will , and without charge , felt that , leaving out of the ...
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... demands a judicious , gradual , and regular contraction of currency , by economy , funding , and taxation . Resolved , That in the present condition of things , in which prices are so very high , importations excessive , exports so ...
... demands a judicious , gradual , and regular contraction of currency , by economy , funding , and taxation . Resolved , That in the present condition of things , in which prices are so very high , importations excessive , exports so ...
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... demand that speedy and efficient measures be immediately employed to organize and develop industry in the Southern States , in order to increase the production of their staples , and especially of cotton . Resolved , That while we ...
... demand that speedy and efficient measures be immediately employed to organize and develop industry in the Southern States , in order to increase the production of their staples , and especially of cotton . Resolved , That while we ...
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Page 4 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Page 62 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 66 - But in regulating commerce with foreign nations, the power of congress does not stop at the jurisdictional lines of the several states. It would be a very useless power, if it could not pass those lines. The commerce of the United States with foreign nations is that of the whole United States. Every district has a right to participate in it. The deep streams which penetrate our country in...
Page 125 - Association, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes ; and...
Page 47 - The long and very frank discussion so cleared the atmosphere that at its close the following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote: "Resolved, That this convention do respectfully request the President of the United States...
Page 127 - Government may appoint, a majority of the members present being necessary to constitute an election, and such officers shall continue in office for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified to take their places.
Page 66 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more ; it is intercourse/^ It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 127 - SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the president or, in his absence, of one of the vice-presidents...
Page 19 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 36 - ... court-martial shall adjudge ; and any person who shall contract to furnish supplies of any kind or description for the army or navy he shall be deemed and taken as a part of the land or naval forces of the United States...