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 29
... never wrong in their sentiments , in their opinions often . But I do not mean to ex- empt from censure the desperate leaders of a profligate conspiracy against the good of our country , who at this all important period are scattering ...
... never wrong in their sentiments , in their opinions often . But I do not mean to ex- empt from censure the desperate leaders of a profligate conspiracy against the good of our country , who at this all important period are scattering ...
Strana 38
... never yield to this sort of pressure . Hunger has no law . Where was her pride during the last war , when she exported to her enemy on the continent more than eleven millions of pounds sterling for provisions , and , meanly truckling to ...
... never yield to this sort of pressure . Hunger has no law . Where was her pride during the last war , when she exported to her enemy on the continent more than eleven millions of pounds sterling for provisions , and , meanly truckling to ...
Strana 42
... never consent to impose taxes on the people to pay either the principal or the interest to carry on such a war . I had not repaired to Washington to obtain information , or to be schooled by individuals whose experience and acquaintance ...
... never consent to impose taxes on the people to pay either the principal or the interest to carry on such a war . I had not repaired to Washington to obtain information , or to be schooled by individuals whose experience and acquaintance ...
Strana 50
... never demanded or exacted forfeitures in such cases , and would not do it if parties acting in good faith used their best endeavors to fulfil their engagements . I again replied , that if the government ac- cepted of my offer they had ...
... never demanded or exacted forfeitures in such cases , and would not do it if parties acting in good faith used their best endeavors to fulfil their engagements . I again replied , that if the government ac- cepted of my offer they had ...
Strana 56
... never know how much of the twenty - five millions is obtained in that place . " It is said that the Baltimoreans , out of ex- treme modesty , did not subscribe so largely to to the loan as their dispositions prompted . They were ...
... never know how much of the twenty - five millions is obtained in that place . " It is said that the Baltimoreans , out of ex- treme modesty , did not subscribe so largely to to the loan as their dispositions prompted . They were ...
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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.