Select Speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828]E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832 - 367 páginas |
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... dollars , nearly the whole of which was taken by one individual in Philadelphia . I will now proceed to show what ... dollar at New - Orleans worth as much to a merchant in Boston , as a dollar in Boston ; un- less , indeed , he has ...
... dollars , nearly the whole of which was taken by one individual in Philadelphia . I will now proceed to show what ... dollar at New - Orleans worth as much to a merchant in Boston , as a dollar in Boston ; un- less , indeed , he has ...
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... dollars , and this , too , was done through the agency of the bank . Looking back to the period when the bank was estab- lished , considering the state of things at the moment when it came into existence , considering how short a time ...
... dollars , and this , too , was done through the agency of the bank . Looking back to the period when the bank was estab- lished , considering the state of things at the moment when it came into existence , considering how short a time ...
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... dollar for dollar . " A most honourable concession , undoubtedly , as it respects the management of the bank , and one that goes far to answer every complaint against it . For , if the pub- lic service has been punctually performed ...
... dollar for dollar . " A most honourable concession , undoubtedly , as it respects the management of the bank , and one that goes far to answer every complaint against it . For , if the pub- lic service has been punctually performed ...
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... dollars a share to be supplied from the resources of the purchaser . Again : For the 25 dollars excess beyond the par value of the share , names " were required , ( Documents 79. ) two approved Thus the bor- rower was to find an ...
... dollars a share to be supplied from the resources of the purchaser . Again : For the 25 dollars excess beyond the par value of the share , names " were required , ( Documents 79. ) two approved Thus the bor- rower was to find an ...
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... dollars a share in addition to what the bank would lend him . How , then , can it be affirmed , that this resolution ... dollars a share , in money , and an endorser for 25 dollars more . Under the resolutions for loaning at par , he ...
... dollars a share in addition to what the bank would lend him . How , then , can it be affirmed , that this resolution ... dollars a share , in money , and an endorser for 25 dollars more . Under the resolutions for loaning at par , he ...
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Página 83 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 23 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Página 193 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 232 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 244 - Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen.
Página 97 - This clause enables the judicial department to receive jurisdiction to the full extent of the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States, when any question respecting them shall assume such a form that the judicial power is capable of acting on it. That power is capable of acting only when the subject is submitted to it by a party who asserts his rights in the form prescribed by law. It then becomes a case, and the constitution declares that the judicial power shall extend to all cases...
Página 29 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations...
Página 185 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 188 - We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by removing, as much as possible, the sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage...
Página 193 - And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...