The History of Democracy Considered as a Party Name and as a Political Organizationauthor, 1883 - 227 pages |
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Page 31 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 84 - ... countless steamboats; the currency sound and abundant; the public debt of two wars nearly redeemed ; and, to crown all, the public treasury overflowing, embarrassing Congress, not to find subjects of taxation, but to select the objects which shall be liberated from the impost.
Page 86 - The general rule to be applied in graduating the duties upon articles of foreign growth or manufacture, is that which will place our own in fair competition with those of other countries ; and the inducements to advance even a step beyond this point, are controlling in regard to those articles which are of primary necessity in time of war.
Page 176 - Tell him of the tears of helpless widows, no longer able to earn their bread ; and of unclad and unfed orphans, who have been driven, by his policy, out of the busy pursuits in which but yesterday they were gaining an honest livelihood.
Page 190 - States, for the last three or four years, affords the most convincing evidence that our present condition is chiefly to be attributed to overaction in all the departments of business ; an overaction deriving, perhaps, its first impulses from antecedent causes. but stimulated to its destructive consequences by excessive issues of bar.k paper, and by other facilities for the acquisition and enlargement of credit.
Page 92 - The authority of the Supreme Court must not, therefore be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when, acting in their legislative capacities, but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning, may de
Page 85 - Government in a very short time to extinguish the public debt. When this shall be done our population will be relieved from a considerable portion of its present...
Page 83 - I have now to perform the more pleasing task of exhibiting an imperfect sketch of the existing state of the unparalleled prosperity of the country. On a general survey, we behold cultivation extended, the arts flourishing, the face of the country improved, our people fully and profitably employed, and the public countenance exhibiting tranquility, contentment and happiness.
Page 136 - It was declared that the President " is fully and three times over pledged to the people to negative any bill that may be passed for rechartering the bank, and there is little doubt that the additional influence which he would acquire by a reelection would be employed to carry through Congress the extraordinary substitute which he has repeatedly proposed.
Page 111 - The measure of protection extended to this necessary article was never fully adequate until the passage of the act of 1828; and what has been the consequence? The annual increase of quantity since that period has been in a ratio of...