Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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Page 70
... exchange against her , had an advantage , by the payment of her duties in the bills of her banks , and had the advantage of at least twenty - five per cent . over some Northern cities . The resolution then introduced by him was to ...
... exchange against her , had an advantage , by the payment of her duties in the bills of her banks , and had the advantage of at least twenty - five per cent . over some Northern cities . The resolution then introduced by him was to ...
Page 92
... exchange of the public lands into " paper money . " Now , this is the very language of the gentleman from Missouri ... bills . This is quite new , as financial language . By paper money in its obnoxious sense , I understand paper ...
... exchange of the public lands into " paper money . " Now , this is the very language of the gentleman from Missouri ... bills . This is quite new , as financial language . By paper money in its obnoxious sense , I understand paper ...
Page 93
... bills of exchange also . It may include all that adjusts exchanges , and settles balances , in the operation of trade and business . But if we understand by currency the legal money of the country , and which constitutes a lawful tender ...
... bills of exchange also . It may include all that adjusts exchanges , and settles balances , in the operation of trade and business . But if we understand by currency the legal money of the country , and which constitutes a lawful tender ...
Page 102
... bills of exchange perform a great part of the duty of currency , and , therefore , that the state of domestic exchange is always a matter of high importance , and great actual bearing on commercial business . I admit that a currency ...
... bills of exchange perform a great part of the duty of currency , and , therefore , that the state of domestic exchange is always a matter of high importance , and great actual bearing on commercial business . I admit that a currency ...
Page 104
... bills of exchange ; and this continues to be the case so long as the rates of the exchange remain low and steady . Nobody , for example , will send bank notes or specie from New York to New Orleans , if he can buy a good bill at par ...
... bills of exchange ; and this continues to be the case so long as the rates of the exchange remain low and steady . Nobody , for example , will send bank notes or specie from New York to New Orleans , if he can buy a good bill at par ...
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