The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... opinion , indeed , it is certain to happen , notwithstanding all the bankrupt laws we can pass , until Congress shall do its duty by enacting prospective and pre- ventive remedies ; and if it should happen , one of two things must ensue ...
... opinion , indeed , it is certain to happen , notwithstanding all the bankrupt laws we can pass , until Congress shall do its duty by enacting prospective and pre- ventive remedies ; and if it should happen , one of two things must ensue ...
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... opinion , so as , when it shall appear that there is a public debt , to give to it a date posterior to the 4th of March next ? I hope not . I do not impute such a design . So far , however , as I am concerned , I shall take special good ...
... opinion , so as , when it shall appear that there is a public debt , to give to it a date posterior to the 4th of March next ? I hope not . I do not impute such a design . So far , however , as I am concerned , I shall take special good ...
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... opinion , and certainly seemed also to be that of the President , that it would be wiser to withdraw the whole or a part of the money deposited with the States , than to lay taxes on silks and wines . In this opinion I do not at all ...
... opinion , and certainly seemed also to be that of the President , that it would be wiser to withdraw the whole or a part of the money deposited with the States , than to lay taxes on silks and wines . In this opinion I do not at all ...
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... opinions and urged arguments against it everywhere , and on all occasions on which the subject came under ... opinion , by a further en- largement of the territorial surface , already so vast , over which it is extended . In ...
... opinions and urged arguments against it everywhere , and on all occasions on which the subject came under ... opinion , by a further en- largement of the territorial surface , already so vast , over which it is extended . In ...
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... opinion and judgment have not been at all shaken by any thing I have heard . And now , not having been a member of the government , and having , of course , taken no official part in the measure , and as it has now come to be completed ...
... opinion and judgment have not been at all shaken by any thing I have heard . And now , not having been a member of the government , and having , of course , taken no official part in the measure , and as it has now come to be completed ...
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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 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 vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
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 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 361 - ... to see them quit their places and fly off 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 thjng as a peaceable secession.
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 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.