Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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Page 68
... currency of the country was , to a great degree , in the power of all the banking companies in the great cities . He was as much opposed to the increase of these institutions ; but the evil had begun , and could not be resisted . What ...
... currency of the country was , to a great degree , in the power of all the banking companies in the great cities . He was as much opposed to the increase of these institutions ; but the evil had begun , and could not be resisted . What ...
Page 70
... currency , and with it a gen- eral security for property , and the earnings of honest labor , were things of too much importance to be sacrificed to mere projects , - whether political or financial . After remarks by Mr. NILES of ...
... currency , and with it a gen- eral security for property , and the earnings of honest labor , were things of too much importance to be sacrificed to mere projects , - whether political or financial . After remarks by Mr. NILES of ...
Page 91
... currency . The order of the Secretary is prospec- tive , and , on the face of it , perpetual . Nothing in or about it gives it the least appearance of a temporary measure . On the contrary , its terms imply no limitation in point of ...
... currency . The order of the Secretary is prospec- tive , and , on the face of it , perpetual . Nothing in or about it gives it the least appearance of a temporary measure . On the contrary , its terms imply no limitation in point of ...
Page 93
... currency of the country . For my own part , Sir , I denounce nobody ; I seek to degrade or disgrace nobody . Holding the order illegal and unwise , I shall cer- tainly vote to rescind it ; and , in the discharge of this duty , I hope I ...
... currency of the country . For my own part , Sir , I denounce nobody ; I seek to degrade or disgrace nobody . Holding the order illegal and unwise , I shall cer- tainly vote to rescind it ; and , in the discharge of this duty , I hope I ...
Page 96
... currency of the United States , or Treasury notes , or notes of the Bank of the United States , or in notes of banks which are payable in specie on demand in the said legal currency of the United States . " This joint resolution ...
... currency of the United States , or Treasury notes , or notes of the Bank of the United States , or in notes of banks which are payable in specie on demand in the said legal currency of the United States . " This joint resolution ...
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