The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volumen2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... American System , .. On a National Bank , .... ........ On the Bank Charter , .. On the Veto of the Bank , ..... On the Public Lands , .. ....... .... On Introducing the Compromise Bill , .. In support of the Compromise Act , .... On ...
... American System , .. On a National Bank , .... ........ On the Bank Charter , .. On the Veto of the Bank , ..... On the Public Lands , .. ....... .... On Introducing the Compromise Bill , .. In support of the Compromise Act , .... On ...
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... American System , by the passage of the Tariff of 1824 , did not return to it till 1831-2 , when the opponents of this system had covertly acquired the ascendancy , and were bent on its destruction . An act reducing the duties on many ...
... American System , by the passage of the Tariff of 1824 , did not return to it till 1831-2 , when the opponents of this system had covertly acquired the ascendancy , and were bent on its destruction . An act reducing the duties on many ...
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... American legislation , fostering American industry , instead of allow- ing it to be controlled by foreign legislation , cherishing foreign indus- try . The foes of the American System , in 1824 , with great boldness and confidence ...
... American legislation , fostering American industry , instead of allow- ing it to be controlled by foreign legislation , cherishing foreign indus- try . The foes of the American System , in 1824 , with great boldness and confidence ...
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... American Sys- tem , and show that the very reverse of the prediction of its foes , in 1824 , actually happened . Whilst we thus behold the entire failure of all that was foretold against the system , it is a subject of just felicitation ...
... American Sys- tem , and show that the very reverse of the prediction of its foes , in 1824 , actually happened . Whilst we thus behold the entire failure of all that was foretold against the system , it is a subject of just felicitation ...
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... American System , and an exposure of our establishments and our productions to the unguarded consequences of the selfish policy of foreign powers , the payment of the public debt will be the bitterest of curses . fruit will be like the ...
... American System , and an exposure of our establishments and our productions to the unguarded consequences of the selfish policy of foreign powers , the payment of the public debt will be the bitterest of curses . fruit will be like the ...
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Página 347 - Under these circumstances, if such an institution is deemed essential to the fiscal operations of the Government, I submit to the wisdom of the Legislature whether a national one, founded upon the credit of the Government and its revenues, might not be devised, which would avoid all constitutional difficulties ; and, at the same time, secure all the advantages to the Government and country that were expected to result from the present Bank.
Página 305 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Página 188 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Página 195 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 347 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens and it must be admitted by all, that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Página 99 - Suspicions are entertained and charges are made of gross abuse and violation of its charter. An investigation unwillingly conceded and so restricted in time as necessarily to make it incomplete and unsatisfactory discloses enough to excite suspicion and alarm.
Página 101 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Página 570 - If the term of seven years were to be selected, of the greatest prosperity which this people have enjoyed since the establishment of their present constitution, it would be exactly that period of seven years which immediately followed the passage of the tariff of 1824.
Página 188 - ... his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority and in conformity with his orders. In such cases their acts are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which executive discretion may be used, still there exists and can exist no power to control that discretion. The subjects are political....
Página 535 - An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and also an act entitled " An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports...