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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... mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual ... means are insufficient to meet his engagements and pay his debts , the fact of bankruptcy has taken place ; a case ...
... mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual ... means are insufficient to meet his engagements and pay his debts , the fact of bankruptcy has taken place ; a case ...
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... means improbable that they contemplated also the example and institutions of other countries . There is no reason to sup- pose that it was intended to tie up the hands of Congress to the establishment of that particular bankrupt system ...
... means improbable that they contemplated also the example and institutions of other countries . There is no reason to sup- pose that it was intended to tie up the hands of Congress to the establishment of that particular bankrupt system ...
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... means , in the very same clause of the Constitution , where the word is applied to rules of nat- uralization ; and what it means in a previous clause , where it declares that all duties of impost shall be uniform throughout the United ...
... means , in the very same clause of the Constitution , where the word is applied to rules of nat- uralization ; and what it means in a previous clause , where it declares that all duties of impost shall be uniform throughout the United ...
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... means , to resume and to maintain specie payments . I need not say , that they are among the greatest sufferers by the present most ruinous state of things . They pay , and others do not pay them . They cannot long stand the present ...
... means , to resume and to maintain specie payments . I need not say , that they are among the greatest sufferers by the present most ruinous state of things . They pay , and others do not pay them . They cannot long stand the present ...
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... mean the abolition of imprison- ment for debt . What should we say at this day , if it were pro- posed to reestablish arrest and imprisonment for debt , as it ex- isted in most of the States even so late as twenty years ago ? I mean for ...
... mean the abolition of imprison- ment for debt . What should we say at this day , if it were pro- posed to reestablish arrest and imprisonment for debt , as it ex- isted in most of the States even so late as twenty years ago ? I mean for ...
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Page 488 - 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. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.
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.
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 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 361 - ... 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 thing as a peaceable secession.
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 362 - Union which is every day felt among us with so much joy and gratitude. What is to become of the army ? What is to become of the navy? What is to become of the public lands? How is each of the thirty States to defend itself?
Page 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.