Incidents in the Life of Jacob Barker, of New Orleans, Louisiana: With Historical Facts, His Financial Transactions with the Government, and His Course on Important Political Questions, Form 1800 to 18551855 - Počet stran: 285 |
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... amount for other expenses , there being no other available property , leaving a very small balance for the mortgage creditor . Had the avails been less than these large fees and other expenses , the whole claim I repre sented would have ...
... amount for other expenses , there being no other available property , leaving a very small balance for the mortgage creditor . Had the avails been less than these large fees and other expenses , the whole claim I repre sented would have ...
Strana 3
... amount they think proper to embark , which law our consti- tution prohibits the legislature from enacting , this they call free banking . I could not ob- ject to such a law if constitutional , although con- tent to remain liable to the ...
... amount they think proper to embark , which law our consti- tution prohibits the legislature from enacting , this they call free banking . I could not ob- ject to such a law if constitutional , although con- tent to remain liable to the ...
Strana 13
... amount due them , and as a matter of accom- modation Mr. Knox paid the money for the bal - wished to sell their vessels . This being made ance . During Mr. Barker's minority the whaling business of Nantucket became very much de- pressed ...
... amount due them , and as a matter of accom- modation Mr. Knox paid the money for the bal - wished to sell their vessels . This being made ance . During Mr. Barker's minority the whaling business of Nantucket became very much de- pressed ...
Strana 14
... amount of purchase . In relation to the Rose , when that vessel was ready for sea the vendors refused to let her go without an endorser on the bills of exchange to be given in payment , amounting to $ 10,000 , although it had not been ...
... amount of purchase . In relation to the Rose , when that vessel was ready for sea the vendors refused to let her go without an endorser on the bills of exchange to be given in payment , amounting to $ 10,000 , although it had not been ...
Strana 15
... amount , occurring during Mr. Barker's minority , before he was establish- ed in business , amicably settled by the parties who were personal friends ever thereafter , has been a fruitful source of misrepresentation , from the day of ...
... amount , occurring during Mr. Barker's minority , before he was establish- ed in business , amicably settled by the parties who were personal friends ever thereafter , has been a fruitful source of misrepresentation , from the day of ...
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Strana 231 - That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the Government and for the gradual but certain extinction of the public debt.
Strana 260 - That the power of the several courts of the United States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts...
Strana 231 - Resolved, That the proceeds of the public lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the Constitution ; and that we are opposed to any law for the distribution of such proceeds among the States, as alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant to the Constitution.
Strana 111 - I insist on waiting until the large pictu're of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was found too tedious for these perilous moments; I have ordered the frame to be broken, and the canvass taken out. It is done, and the precious portrait placed in the hands of two gentlemen of New York for safe keeping.
Strana 111 - Our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation. I am determined not to go myself until I see Mr. Madison safe, and he can accompany me, as I hear of much hostility towards him.
Strana 231 - Resolved, That the officers and soldiers who have carried the arms of their country into Mexico have crowned it with imperishable glory. Their unconquerable courage, their daring enterprise, their unfaltering perseverance and fortitude when assailed on all sides by innumerable foes and that more formidable enemy — the diseases of the climate — exalt their devoted patriotism into the highest heroism, and give them a right to the profound gratitude of their country and the admiration of the world.
Strana 221 - Legislature, abrogating the supreme law which requires us to " do unto others as we would they should do unto us...
Strana 34 - ... the spirit of the government may render a rotation in the elective officers of it more congenial with their ideas of liberty and safety, that I take my leave of them as a public man...
Strana 117 - Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and is in a very bad humor with me, because I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall.
Strana 146 - For (to use his quaint but expressive language) "the statute is like a tyrant ; where he comes, he makes all void; but the common law is like a nursing father, and makes void only that part where the fault is, and preserves the rest.