Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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Page 63
... debt ; and there is due to the Government by those banks more than three times the amount of all the specie . There are other items which swell the amounts on each side , such as debts due to banks , and debts due from banks . But these ...
... debt ; and there is due to the Government by those banks more than three times the amount of all the specie . There are other items which swell the amounts on each side , such as debts due to banks , and debts due from banks . But these ...
Page 70
... revenue should be equally paid in all parts of the United States ; and what was the effect of it ? The bank bill had just passed , and the resolution was , that all debts due the Government should be paid in the legal coin , 70.
... revenue should be equally paid in all parts of the United States ; and what was the effect of it ? The bank bill had just passed , and the resolution was , that all debts due the Government should be paid in the legal coin , 70.
Page 80
... debts and claims . It is certainly my opinion , Sir , that we are running great hazards with the currency of the country . I see no well - assured reliance for its safety in this system of deposit banks , regulated as well as they may ...
... debts and claims . It is certainly my opinion , Sir , that we are running great hazards with the currency of the country . I see no well - assured reliance for its safety in this system of deposit banks , regulated as well as they may ...
Page 85
... debts , for purposes of improvement , and these stocks have gone abroad . I suppose there may be fifty millions of State securities now owned in Europe . Foreign capital , also , has been introduced , to a great extent of late , as the ...
... debts , for purposes of improvement , and these stocks have gone abroad . I suppose there may be fifty millions of State securities now owned in Europe . Foreign capital , also , has been introduced , to a great extent of late , as the ...
Page 93
... debts , and is the statute measure of value , then , undoubtedly , noth- ing is included but gold and silver . Most unquestionably there is no legal tender , and there can be no legal tender , in this country , under the authority of ...
... debts , and is the statute measure of value , then , undoubtedly , noth- ing is included but gold and silver . Most unquestionably there is no legal tender , and there can be no legal tender , in this country , under the authority of ...
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