A Guide to the Right Understanding of Our American Union, Or, Political, Economical, and Literary MiscellaniesDerby & Jackson, 1857 - 407 σελίδες |
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... Payments ... PART II . OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT . CHAPTER I. THE CONSTITUTION . Reasons for calling a Convention to revise the existing Con- Page 96 103 107 112 119 126 128 131 136 149 stitution ... 159 The Delegates which should be ...
... Payments ... PART II . OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT . CHAPTER I. THE CONSTITUTION . Reasons for calling a Convention to revise the existing Con- Page 96 103 107 112 119 126 128 131 136 149 stitution ... 159 The Delegates which should be ...
Σελίδα 68
... payment of just demands , but to provide against the evanescence of testimony ; so , if a public claim seems just after fifty years of rejection , we ought to infer that the facts are forgotten which showed its injustice , not that our ...
... payment of just demands , but to provide against the evanescence of testimony ; so , if a public claim seems just after fifty years of rejection , we ought to infer that the facts are forgotten which showed its injustice , not that our ...
Σελίδα 148
... principles of aristocracy cannot be forced on us , to arrest the thrilling experiment of equal privileges to all men . tu pol . enemic THE SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS . * WE are debating 148 THE BANK PANIC AND PRESSURE .
... principles of aristocracy cannot be forced on us , to arrest the thrilling experiment of equal privileges to all men . tu pol . enemic THE SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS . * WE are debating 148 THE BANK PANIC AND PRESSURE .
Σελίδα 149
... payments . In favor of a resumption , we have been reminded of our moral duty to resume . The duty is conceded , but gentlemen seem to think it may be dispensed with by conflicting du ... PAYMENTS . 149 The Suspension of Specie Payments.
... payments . In favor of a resumption , we have been reminded of our moral duty to resume . The duty is conceded , but gentlemen seem to think it may be dispensed with by conflicting du ... PAYMENTS . 149 The Suspension of Specie Payments.
Σελίδα 150
... payments . He may debate , but he will be exe- cuted . Assuming , then , that both our legal and moral duties to resume specie payments cannot be denied - and they have not been denied in any of our discussions - the true question which ...
... payments . He may debate , but he will be exe- cuted . Assuming , then , that both our legal and moral duties to resume specie payments cannot be denied - and they have not been denied in any of our discussions - the true question which ...
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Σελίδα 273 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool : are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts...
Σελίδα 273 - I see, men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes ; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.
Σελίδα 34 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Σελίδα 40 - While foreign nations less blessed with that freedom which is power than ourselves are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of public improvement, were we to slumber in indolence or fold up our arms and proclaim to the world that we are palsied by the will of our constituents, would it not be to cast away the bounties of Providence and doom ourselves to perpetual inferiority?
Σελίδα 244 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief...
Σελίδα 29 - ... and the fire that is never quenched ;" and the natural effects produced by it is universal anguish and despair, — " weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
Σελίδα 34 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Σελίδα 34 - It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights, which must be surrendered, and those, which may be reserved; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states, as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Σελίδα 39 - While dwelling with pleasing satisfaction upon the superior excellence of our political institutions, let us not be unmindful that liberty is power; that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must, in proportion to its numbers, be the most powerful nation upon earth...
Σελίδα 208 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws.