The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Band 2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... spirit of the constitution , than formally announced as being contrary to the provisions of that instrument . What was not dreamt of before , or in 1816 , and scarce ly thought of in 1824 , is now made , by excited imaginations , to as ...
... spirit of the constitution , than formally announced as being contrary to the provisions of that instrument . What was not dreamt of before , or in 1816 , and scarce ly thought of in 1824 , is now made , by excited imaginations , to as ...
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... spirit and profit , numerous branches of the manu- facturing and mechanic arts . If he will go into the interior , in the State of Ohio , he will there perceive the most astonishing progress in agriculture , in the useful arts , and in ...
... spirit and profit , numerous branches of the manu- facturing and mechanic arts . If he will go into the interior , in the State of Ohio , he will there perceive the most astonishing progress in agriculture , in the useful arts , and in ...
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... spirit has fled for ever ! En- tertaining these deliberate opinions , I would entreat the patriotic peo- ple of South Carolina - the land of Marion , Sumpter and Pickens ; of Rutledge , Laurens , the Pipkneys and Lowndes - of living and ...
... spirit has fled for ever ! En- tertaining these deliberate opinions , I would entreat the patriotic peo- ple of South Carolina - the land of Marion , Sumpter and Pickens ; of Rutledge , Laurens , the Pipkneys and Lowndes - of living and ...
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... spirit , and these are the principles only , on which , it seems to me , that a settlement of the great question can be made , satisfactorily to all parts of our Union . ON A NATIONAL BANK . IN THE SENATE OF THE IN DEFENCE OF THE ...
... spirit , and these are the principles only , on which , it seems to me , that a settlement of the great question can be made , satisfactorily to all parts of our Union . ON A NATIONAL BANK . IN THE SENATE OF THE IN DEFENCE OF THE ...
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... spirit of hostility towards each other ! They ought to af- ford us a solemn warning to make that constiution which we have sworn to support , our invariable guide . I conceive then , sir , that we were not empowered by the constitu ...
... spirit of hostility towards each other ! They ought to af- ford us a solemn warning to make that constiution which we have sworn to support , our invariable guide . I conceive then , sir , that we were not empowered by the constitu ...
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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...