The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Band 2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... thing bearing on the individual opinions of the Chair . I know the delicacy of the position , and sympathise with the imcumbent , whoever he may be . It is true , the question was not debated in 1816 ; and why not ? Because it was not ...
... thing bearing on the individual opinions of the Chair . I know the delicacy of the position , and sympathise with the imcumbent , whoever he may be . It is true , the question was not debated in 1816 ; and why not ? Because it was not ...
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... things ; for , such is the flexibility of our nature , that it bends itself to all circumstances . The wretched prisoner in- carcerated in a jail , after a long time becomes reconciled to his soli- tude , and regularly notches down the ...
... things ; for , such is the flexibility of our nature , that it bends itself to all circumstances . The wretched prisoner in- carcerated in a jail , after a long time becomes reconciled to his soli- tude , and regularly notches down the ...
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... things proper for carrying on that work , by which article returns are made for purchasing our woollen manufactures . " - Pages 87 , 88 , 89 . Such is the picture of colonists dependent upon the mother coun- try for their necessary ...
... things proper for carrying on that work , by which article returns are made for purchasing our woollen manufactures . " - Pages 87 , 88 , 89 . Such is the picture of colonists dependent upon the mother coun- try for their necessary ...
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... things , which is general , and proceeds from an uncontrolable cause ? Ought she to ascribe to the " accursed " tariff what results from the calamities of civil and foreign war , raging in many countries ? But , sir , I do not subscribe ...
... things , which is general , and proceeds from an uncontrolable cause ? Ought she to ascribe to the " accursed " tariff what results from the calamities of civil and foreign war , raging in many countries ? But , sir , I do not subscribe ...
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... thing before it ; but , coun- terpoised , the waters become calm , safe and regular . It is like the segments of a circle or an arch ; taken separately , each is nothing ; but in their combination they produce efficiency , symmetry ...
... thing before it ; but , coun- terpoised , the waters become calm , safe and regular . It is like the segments of a circle or an arch ; taken separately , each is nothing ; but in their combination they produce efficiency , symmetry ...
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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...