Speeches in Congress. Legal arguments and speeches to the juryLittle, Brown, 1858 |
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... mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual ... means are insufficient to meet his engagements and pay his debts , the fact of bankruptcy has taken place ; a case ...
... mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual ... means are insufficient to meet his engagements and pay his debts , the fact of bankruptcy has taken place ; a case ...
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... means improbable that they contemplated also the example and institutions of other countries . There is no reason to sup- pose that it was intended to tie up the hands of Congress to the establishment of that particular bankrupt system ...
... means improbable that they contemplated also the example and institutions of other countries . There is no reason to sup- pose that it was intended to tie up the hands of Congress to the establishment of that particular bankrupt system ...
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... means , in the very same clause of the Constitution , where the word is applied to rules of nat- uralization ; and what it means in a previous clause , where it declares that all duties of impost shall be uniform throughout the United ...
... means , in the very same clause of the Constitution , where the word is applied to rules of nat- uralization ; and what it means in a previous clause , where it declares that all duties of impost shall be uniform throughout the United ...
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... means , to resume and to maintain specie payments . I need not say , that they are among the greatest sufferers by the present most ruinous state of things . They pay , and others do not pay them . They cannot long stand the present ...
... means , to resume and to maintain specie payments . I need not say , that they are among the greatest sufferers by the present most ruinous state of things . They pay , and others do not pay them . They cannot long stand the present ...
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... mean the abolition of imprison- ment for debt . What should we say at this day , if it were pro- posed to reëstablish arrest and imprisonment for debt , as it ex- isted in most of the States even so late as twenty years ago ? I mean for ...
... mean the abolition of imprison- ment for debt . What should we say at this day , if it were pro- posed to reëstablish arrest and imprisonment for debt , as it ex- isted in most of the States even so late as twenty years ago ? I mean for ...
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Seite 341 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri Compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory, north of said Missouri Compromise line, slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited.
Seite 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Seite 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Seite 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Seite 361 - ... without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Seite vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Seite 5 - Congress shall have power * * * to establish * * * uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States.