Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850. Chiefly Taken from the Congress Debates, the Private Papers of General Jackson, and the Speeches of Ex-Senator Benton, with His Actual View of Men and Affairs: With Historical Notes and Illustrations, and Some Notices of Eminent Deceased Contemporaries, 2. kötetD. Appleton, 1856 |
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9. oldal
... currency , and the in- solvency of the federal treasury , were at hand . Visible signs , and some confidential information , portended to me this approaching calamity , and my speeches in the Senate were burthened with its vaticination ...
... currency , and the in- solvency of the federal treasury , were at hand . Visible signs , and some confidential information , portended to me this approaching calamity , and my speeches in the Senate were burthened with its vaticination ...
10. oldal
... currency of the constitution , not the currency of corporations . I did not join in putting down the Bank of the United States to put up a wilderness of local banks . I did not join in putting down the paper currency of a national bank ...
... currency of the constitution , not the currency of corporations . I did not join in putting down the Bank of the United States to put up a wilderness of local banks . I did not join in putting down the paper currency of a national bank ...
11. oldal
... currency of a most rare departure , and his real regard for the federal treasury . me , both personal and political ( for at that time he was pressing me to become a member of his cabinet ) , would have insured me a full hearing , if I ...
... currency of a most rare departure , and his real regard for the federal treasury . me , both personal and political ( for at that time he was pressing me to become a member of his cabinet ) , would have insured me a full hearing , if I ...
12. oldal
... currency by a greater infusion of coin into the smaller channels of circulation . This was in a gradual and judicious train of ac- complishment . But this miserable foolery about an exclusively metallic currency , is quite as absurd as ...
... currency by a greater infusion of coin into the smaller channels of circulation . This was in a gradual and judicious train of ac- complishment . But this miserable foolery about an exclusively metallic currency , is quite as absurd as ...
15. oldal
... currency bill in season , yet it was put off , and put off - so that , by no action upon it before the ten days allowed the Presi- dent by the constitution , the power over it was completely in his will , even though the whole nation ...
... currency bill in season , yet it was put off , and put off - so that , by no action upon it before the ten days allowed the Presi- dent by the constitution , the power over it was completely in his will , even though the whole nation ...
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442. oldal - ... and the respective judges and other magistrates of the two Governments shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority, upon complaint made under oath, to issue a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive or person so charged, that he may be brought before such judges or other magistrates, respectively, to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered...
353. oldal - That a committee of three on the part of the senate and five on the part of the house...
8. oldal - I must go into the Presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia against the wishes of the slaveholding States, and also with a determination equally decided to resist the slightest interference with it in the States where it exists.
240. oldal - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
442. oldal - It is agreed that The United States and Her Britannic Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions, by them or their ministers, officers, or authorities, respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder...
379. oldal - Read thought the words, if not struck out, would be as alarming as the mark of the beast in Revelation. Mr. Langdon had rather reject the whole plan than retain the three words,
153. oldal - Resolved, That all petitions, memorials and papers touching the abolition of slavery, or the buying, selling or transferring of slaves, in any state, district or territory of the United States, be laid on the table without being debated, printed, read or referred, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.
156. oldal - And, like a notorious agitator upon another theatre, they would hunt down and proscribe from the pale of civilized society, the inhabitants of that entire section.
442. oldal - ... shall seek an asylum, or shall be found, within the territories of the other : Provided, that this shall only T)e done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged, shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime...
417. oldal - British, on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade...