The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... regard to our own peculiar situation , but that we are also to exclude from our regard and notice all modern English improvements , and con- fine ourselves to the English bankrupt laws as they existed in 1789. The power of Congress is ...
... regard to our own peculiar situation , but that we are also to exclude from our regard and notice all modern English improvements , and con- fine ourselves to the English bankrupt laws as they existed in 1789. The power of Congress is ...
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... regard to its own banks , or any of them , this shall not be an act of bankruptcy . Here is the provision : - " Provided , however , That nothing herein contained shall apply to , or in any wise affect , any corporation or association ...
... regard to its own banks , or any of them , this shall not be an act of bankruptcy . Here is the provision : - " Provided , however , That nothing herein contained shall apply to , or in any wise affect , any corporation or association ...
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... regard to punctuality in commercial dealings , great opposition is anticipated to any measure so strict and so penal as a coercive bankruptcy . I con- tent myself , therefore , with what I can get . I content myself with the voluntary ...
... regard to punctuality in commercial dealings , great opposition is anticipated to any measure so strict and so penal as a coercive bankruptcy . I con- tent myself , therefore , with what I can get . I content myself with the voluntary ...
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... regard to contracts entered into after the passage of any State bankrupt law , between the citizens of the State having such law , and sued in the State courts , a State discharge may prevail . So far , effect has been given to State ...
... regard to contracts entered into after the passage of any State bankrupt law , between the citizens of the State having such law , and sued in the State courts , a State discharge may prevail . So far , effect has been given to State ...
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... regard to England , or to France ? The honorable member feels alarm , too , lest the banks should be great sufferers under the operation of this bill . He is appre- hensive that , if it shall pass , very many debtors of the banks will ...
... regard to England , or to France ? The honorable member feels alarm , too , lest the banks should be great sufferers under the operation of this bill . He is appre- hensive that , if it shall pass , very many debtors of the banks will ...
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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.
Page 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
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 vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
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 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 361 - ... to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thjng as a peaceable secession.
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...
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.