The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, of Kentucky, Band 2James B. Swain, 1843 |
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... cause which I have espoused , and by a persuasion I hope not presumptuous , that it has the approba- tion of that Providence who has so often smiled upon these United States . Eight years ago , it was my painful duty to present to the ...
... cause which I have espoused , and by a persuasion I hope not presumptuous , that it has the approba- tion of that Providence who has so often smiled upon these United States . Eight years ago , it was my painful duty to present to the ...
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... cause , is demonstrated by the fact , that however it may be with the port of Charleston , our coasting tonnage , generally , is con- stantly increasing . As to the foreign tonnage , about one - half of that which is engaged in the ...
... cause , is demonstrated by the fact , that however it may be with the port of Charleston , our coasting tonnage , generally , is con- stantly increasing . As to the foreign tonnage , about one - half of that which is engaged in the ...
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... cause to complain of the trade between the two countries . Our imports from that single power are nearly one - third of the entire amount of our importations from all foreign countries together . Great Britain constantly acts on the ...
... cause to complain of the trade between the two countries . Our imports from that single power are nearly one - third of the entire amount of our importations from all foreign countries together . Great Britain constantly acts on the ...
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... causes , for that amount of his staple ? If the establishment of American manufactures , therefore , had the sole ... cause of complaint against the tariff . The gain in one place would precisely equal the loss in the other . But the ...
... causes , for that amount of his staple ? If the establishment of American manufactures , therefore , had the sole ... cause of complaint against the tariff . The gain in one place would precisely equal the loss in the other . But the ...
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... causes , engage in the manufacturing arts . I deny the premises , and I deny the conclusion . I deny the fact of in- ability , and , if it existed , I deny the conclusion , that we must , there- fore , break down our manufactures , and ...
... causes , engage in the manufacturing arts . I deny the premises , and I deny the conclusion . I deny the fact of in- ability , and , if it existed , I deny the conclusion , that we must , there- fore , break down our manufactures , and ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 305 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 194 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Seite 275 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Seite 347 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Seite 195 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Seite 101 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Seite 588 - Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; . . . But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Seite 213 - That a bank of the United States, competent to all the duties which may be required by the Government, might be so organized as not to infringe on our own delegated powers or the reserved rights of the States I do not entertain a doubt. Had the Executive been called upon to furnish the project of such an institution, the duty would have been cheerfully performed.
Seite 280 - In the first place, he will be impeachable by this House, before the Senate for such an act of mal-administration; for I contend that the wanton removal of meritorious officers would subject him to impeachment and removal from his own high trust.
Seite 100 - Suspicions are entertained and charges are made of gross abuse and violation of its charter. An investigation unwillingly conceded and so restricted in time as necessarily to make it incomplete and unsatisfactory discloses enough to excite suspicion and alarm.