Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... cause , and let who will hang back from it . - - - - The other great peculiarity of our political system , —and on these two hang all the liberty and hopes of America , is this- That the supreme power or sovereignty is divided between ...
... cause , and let who will hang back from it . - - - - The other great peculiarity of our political system , —and on these two hang all the liberty and hopes of America , is this- That the supreme power or sovereignty is divided between ...
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... cause doubtful cases ought not to be decided without consideration . But I cannot regard this case as a doubtful one ... causes over which this Government has no control . All this , in my opinion , is in the clear line of our duty . On ...
... cause doubtful cases ought not to be decided without consideration . But I cannot regard this case as a doubtful one ... causes over which this Government has no control . All this , in my opinion , is in the clear line of our duty . On ...
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... caused their present augmentation . t What , Sir , are the evils which are distracting our financial opera- tions ? They are obviously two . The public money was not safe ; it was protected by no law . The treasury was overflowing ...
... caused their present augmentation . t What , Sir , are the evils which are distracting our financial opera- tions ? They are obviously two . The public money was not safe ; it was protected by no law . The treasury was overflowing ...
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... caused the destruction of the United States Bank , and put the whole moneyed power of the country into the hands of one man ? Constitutional doubts of the power of Congress ! What has pro- duced this superabundance of money in the ...
... caused the destruction of the United States Bank , and put the whole moneyed power of the country into the hands of one man ? Constitutional doubts of the power of Congress ! What has pro- duced this superabundance of money in the ...
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... cause every man in the West , who has a five dollar bank note in his pocket , to set off , post haste , to the bank , lest somebody else should get there before , and get out all the money , and then buy land . How long would the ...
... cause every man in the West , who has a five dollar bank note in his pocket , to set off , post haste , to the bank , lest somebody else should get there before , and get out all the money , and then buy land . How long would the ...
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