Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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Page 63
... circulation , $ 26,243,688 36 . The amount of specie held by these banks , it further appeared , was $ 10,198,659 24 ; that is to say , there is less than one dollar specie for six dollars debt ; and there is due to the Government by ...
... circulation , $ 26,243,688 36 . The amount of specie held by these banks , it further appeared , was $ 10,198,659 24 ; that is to say , there is less than one dollar specie for six dollars debt ; and there is due to the Government by ...
Page 68
... circulation . But the experiment was to cure all this . A few select and favor- ite banks were to give us a secure currency , one better and more practically beneficial than that of the United States Bank . And here is the result , or ...
... circulation . But the experiment was to cure all this . A few select and favor- ite banks were to give us a secure currency , one better and more practically beneficial than that of the United States Bank . And here is the result , or ...
Page 79
... as because a regulation of this kind may tend , in some measure , to retain a certain quantity of specie in the country , and by that means to secure , in some small degree , the general circulation against violent shocks . But I do not 79.
... as because a regulation of this kind may tend , in some measure , to retain a certain quantity of specie in the country , and by that means to secure , in some small degree , the general circulation against violent shocks . But I do not 79.
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Daniel Webster. general circulation against violent shocks . But I do not attach great importance to this . In my opinion , Mr. President , if the bill pass with these modifi- cations , a considerable benefit will be conferred on the ...
Daniel Webster. general circulation against violent shocks . But I do not attach great importance to this . In my opinion , Mr. President , if the bill pass with these modifi- cations , a considerable benefit will be conferred on the ...
Page 85
... circulation among the causes tending to produce heavy purchases ; and the amount of foreign capital that has found its way , through one chan- nel or another , into the country , and is giving an additional stimu- lus , and additional ...
... circulation among the causes tending to produce heavy purchases ; and the amount of foreign capital that has found its way , through one chan- nel or another , into the country , and is giving an additional stimu- lus , and additional ...
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