Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3C. Tappan, 1846 |
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Page 11
... measure , nor did he . " The war had been preceded by the restrictive system and the embargo . As a private individual , I certainly did not think well of these measures . It appeared to me the embargo annoyed us as much as our enemies ...
... measure , nor did he . " The war had been preceded by the restrictive system and the embargo . As a private individual , I certainly did not think well of these measures . It appeared to me the embargo annoyed us as much as our enemies ...
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... measures of magnitude , after I came here , was Mr. Dallas's proposition for a bank . It was a war measure . It was urged as being absolute- ly necessary to enable Government to carry on the war . Government wanted revenue ; such a bank ...
... measures of magnitude , after I came here , was Mr. Dallas's proposition for a bank . It was a war measure . It was urged as being absolute- ly necessary to enable Government to carry on the war . Government wanted revenue ; such a bank ...
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... measure ; and a blind , indiscriminate , wholesale adhesion to the life and opinions of any one , would not be worth offering , nor worth accepting among freemen . We are not man - worshippers here in Massachusetts . But the great ...
... measure ; and a blind , indiscriminate , wholesale adhesion to the life and opinions of any one , would not be worth offering , nor worth accepting among freemen . We are not man - worshippers here in Massachusetts . But the great ...
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... measures which had been matured in the Senate , and passed into bills , did not receive attention , so as to be either agreed to or rejected , in the other branch of the Legislature . They fell , of course , by the termination of the ...
... measures which had been matured in the Senate , and passed into bills , did not receive attention , so as to be either agreed to or rejected , in the other branch of the Legislature . They fell , of course , by the termination of the ...
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... measure , actually received the signature of our presiding officer after 12 o'clock , was then sent to the President , and signed by him . I do not affirm this , because I took no notice of the time , do not remember it if I did ; but I ...
... measure , actually received the signature of our presiding officer after 12 o'clock , was then sent to the President , and signed by him . I do not affirm this , because I took no notice of the time , do not remember it if I did ; but I ...
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