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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Strana 10
... believe . As far as we could judge , Nantucket stands high for female edu- cation and intelligence . It has most excellent schools for both sexes , as well public as pri- vate . Besides opportunities of instruction , there is that in ...
... believe . As far as we could judge , Nantucket stands high for female edu- cation and intelligence . It has most excellent schools for both sexes , as well public as pri- vate . Besides opportunities of instruction , there is that in ...
Strana 29
... believe that virtue and vice , wisdom and folly , are generally distributed among parties in proportion to their relative strength and numbers . I believe that the great body of every party mean to do right , and I fully accord with a ...
... believe that virtue and vice , wisdom and folly , are generally distributed among parties in proportion to their relative strength and numbers . I believe that the great body of every party mean to do right , and I fully accord with a ...
Strana 30
... believe that a people so intelligent , so patriotic , so pure in morals , and a people who have been the first in the ranks of liberty and patriotism , will at once renounce the high character they have hitherto sustained , rally round ...
... believe that a people so intelligent , so patriotic , so pure in morals , and a people who have been the first in the ranks of liberty and patriotism , will at once renounce the high character they have hitherto sustained , rally round ...
Strana 37
... believe that a con- tinuation of the restrictive measures now in operation will produce all the benefits , while it prevents the calamities of war ; " That when the British ministry become con- vinced that a trade with the United States ...
... believe that a con- tinuation of the restrictive measures now in operation will produce all the benefits , while it prevents the calamities of war ; " That when the British ministry become con- vinced that a trade with the United States ...
Strana 46
... war . It was the universal opinion of the nation that it could not succed , and I do not believe there was one solitary individual , acquainted with the state of the money market , who believed that the 46 LIFE OF JACOB BARKER .
... war . It was the universal opinion of the nation that it could not succed , and I do not believe there was one solitary individual , acquainted with the state of the money market , who believed that the 46 LIFE OF JACOB BARKER .
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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.