Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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Page 42
... amount of its appropriations was 400,000 or 430,000 dollars . It contained no grant of three millions , and if the Senate had passed it the very day it came from the House , not only would there have been no appropriation of the three ...
... amount of its appropriations was 400,000 or 430,000 dollars . It contained no grant of three millions , and if the Senate had passed it the very day it came from the House , not only would there have been no appropriation of the three ...
Page 55
... amount of the whole sum . This is the usual course of Congress on such subjects ; and why should it be departed from ? Are we ready to say that the power of fixing the places for new fortifications , and the sum allotted to each ; the ...
... amount of the whole sum . This is the usual course of Congress on such subjects ; and why should it be departed from ? Are we ready to say that the power of fixing the places for new fortifications , and the sum allotted to each ; the ...
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... amount of this vote , in addition to all ordinary appropriations , would have been at his absolute disposal also . And all this in a time of peace . I beseech all true lovers of constitutional liberty , to con- template this state of ...
... amount of this vote , in addition to all ordinary appropriations , would have been at his absolute disposal also . And all this in a time of peace . I beseech all true lovers of constitutional liberty , to con- template this state of ...
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... amount of all the specie . There are other items which swell the amounts on each side , such as debts due to banks ... amount than $ 8,777,228 79 . What is meant by these " other investments , " I am not informed . I wish for light . I ...
... amount of all the specie . There are other items which swell the amounts on each side , such as debts due to banks ... amount than $ 8,777,228 79 . What is meant by these " other investments , " I am not informed . I wish for light . I ...
Page 64
... amount equal , perhaps , to the whole amount of specie in the country . What a state of things is that ! Every dollar in the country the property of Government ! Again , Sir , are gentlemen satisfied with the present condition of the ...
... amount equal , perhaps , to the whole amount of specie in the country . What a state of things is that ! Every dollar in the country the property of Government ! Again , Sir , are gentlemen satisfied with the present condition of the ...
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