The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Band 2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... duty upon its great staple . It effects the cotton planter * himself , and the tobacco planter , both of whom enjoy protection . To say nothing of cotton produced in other foreign countries , the cultivation of this article , of a very ...
... duty upon its great staple . It effects the cotton planter * himself , and the tobacco planter , both of whom enjoy protection . To say nothing of cotton produced in other foreign countries , the cultivation of this article , of a very ...
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... duty , what ports of any other foreign nation shall we find open to the free admission of our surplus produce ? We may break down all barriers to free trade on our part , but the work will not be complete until foreign powers snall have ...
... duty , what ports of any other foreign nation shall we find open to the free admission of our surplus produce ? We may break down all barriers to free trade on our part , but the work will not be complete until foreign powers snall have ...
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... duty than they are justly chargeable with , which he effects by vary- ing the denominations , or slightly changing their forms . This man , at a former session of the senate , caused to be presented a memorial signed by some 150 ...
... duty than they are justly chargeable with , which he effects by vary- ing the denominations , or slightly changing their forms . This man , at a former session of the senate , caused to be presented a memorial signed by some 150 ...
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... duty is equivalent to an export duty , and falls upon the cotton grower ; that South Ca- rolina pays a disproportionate quota of the public revenue ; that an abandonment of the protective policy would lead to an augmentation of our ...
... duty is equivalent to an export duty , and falls upon the cotton grower ; that South Ca- rolina pays a disproportionate quota of the public revenue ; that an abandonment of the protective policy would lead to an augmentation of our ...
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... duty of taking care that Great Britain shall be en- abled to purchase from us without exacting from Great Britain the corresponding duty . If it be true , on one side , that nations are bound to shape their policy in reference to the ...
... duty of taking care that Great Britain shall be en- abled to purchase from us without exacting from Great Britain the corresponding duty . If it be true , on one side , that nations are bound to shape their policy in reference to the ...
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Seite 347 - Under these circumstances, if such an institution is deemed essential to the fiscal operations of the Government, I submit to the wisdom of the Legislature whether a national one, founded upon the credit of the Government and its revenues, might not be devised, which would avoid all constitutional difficulties ; and, at the same time, secure all the advantages to the Government and country that were expected to result from the present Bank.
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 188 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
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 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 99 - 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.
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 570 - If the term of seven years were to be selected, of the greatest prosperity which this people have enjoyed since the establishment of their present constitution, it would be exactly that period of seven years which immediately followed the passage of the tariff of 1824.
Seite 188 - ... his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority and in conformity with his orders. In such cases their acts are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which executive discretion may be used, still there exists and can exist no power to control that discretion. The subjects are political....
Seite 535 - An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and also an act entitled " An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports...