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 the Men and Affairs: with Historical Notes and Illustrations, and Some Notices of Eminent Deceased Contemporaries, Svazek 2Appleton, 1856 |
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Strana 17
... evils of which we are now laboring , and which threatens to involve the whole country in ruin . ” The language and import of all these resolves and proceedings were sufficiently strong , and indicated a feeling but little short of ...
... evils of which we are now laboring , and which threatens to involve the whole country in ruin . ” The language and import of all these resolves and proceedings were sufficiently strong , and indicated a feeling but little short of ...
Strana 18
... evils to any excessive develop- ment of mercantile enterprise , and that they really flow from that unwise system which aimed at the substitution of a metallic for a paper currency - the system which gave the first shock to the fabric ...
... evils to any excessive develop- ment of mercantile enterprise , and that they really flow from that unwise system which aimed at the substitution of a metallic for a paper currency - the system which gave the first shock to the fabric ...
Strana 19
... evils of which we com- the same time , but evidently with the design to plain . But in these cases , the outraged and oppressed had no other means of redress . Our be consulted , and to appear as the great restorer case is different ...
... evils of which we com- the same time , but evidently with the design to plain . But in these cases , the outraged and oppressed had no other means of redress . Our be consulted , and to appear as the great restorer case is different ...
Strana 20
... evils that we have suffered ; and , by seeing the excitements of 1837 , they may save themselves from ever becoming the victims of such delusion . These two resolves deserve to be noted . They were not empty or impotent menace . They ...
... evils that we have suffered ; and , by seeing the excitements of 1837 , they may save themselves from ever becoming the victims of such delusion . These two resolves deserve to be noted . They were not empty or impotent menace . They ...
Strana 22
... evils have not at all surprised me , ex- cept that they have come sooner and faster than I had anticipated . But , though not surprised , I am afflicted ; I feel any thing but pleasure in this early fulfilment of my own predictions ...
... evils have not at all surprised me , ex- cept that they have come sooner and faster than I had anticipated . But , though not surprised , I am afflicted ; I feel any thing but pleasure in this early fulfilment of my own predictions ...
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Strana 244 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to...
Strana 452 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Strana 448 - 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; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge...
Strana 8 - 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.
Strana 177 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Strana 448 - The expense of such apprehension and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by the Party who makes the requisition and receives the fugitive.
Strana 244 - 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...
Strana 448 - 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...
Strana 359 - That a committee of three on the part of the Senate, and five on the part of the House, be appointed to prepare such address, and submit it to a meeting of tho whigs on Monday morning next, the 13th inst., at half past 8 o'clock.
Strana 158 - 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.