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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... tion of the Oregon Territory . OREGON Remarks made in the Senate of the United States , on the 30th of March , 1846 , on a Resolution moved by Mr. Clayton of Delaware , on the 3d in- stant , calling upon the President for such Portions ...
... tion of the Oregon Territory . OREGON Remarks made in the Senate of the United States , on the 30th of March , 1846 , on a Resolution moved by Mr. Clayton of Delaware , on the 3d in- stant , calling upon the President for such Portions ...
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... tion . Bankruptcies , in the general use and acceptation of the term , mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual . When a man cannot pay his debts , we say he has ...
... tion . Bankruptcies , in the general use and acceptation of the term , mean no more than failures . A bankruptcy is a fact . It is an occurrence in the life and fortunes of an individual . When a man cannot pay his debts , we say he has ...
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... tion says nothing about traders . Yet the honorable gentleman's amendment requires all applicants to declare themselves traders ; and if they will but say so , and swear so , it shall be so received , and nobody shall contradict it . In ...
... tion says nothing about traders . Yet the honorable gentleman's amendment requires all applicants to declare themselves traders ; and if they will but say so , and swear so , it shall be so received , and nobody shall contradict it . In ...
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... tion to all this . It is proposed that Congress shall solemnly recognize the principle , and approve and sanction the practice , of State exemption , of the suspension of specie payments by State authority . If the States will not ...
... tion to all this . It is proposed that Congress shall solemnly recognize the principle , and approve and sanction the practice , of State exemption , of the suspension of specie payments by State authority . If the States will not ...
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... tion of payment , or security given . Various provisions of this kind , as it seems to me , would be essentially necessary . Leaving this very important part of the case , another question arises upon the proposed amendment . Shall the ...
... tion of payment , or security given . Various provisions of this kind , as it seems to me , would be essentially necessary . Leaving this very important part of the case , another question arises upon the proposed amendment . Shall the ...
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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.