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... result ? " A ship carpenter might libel public ships . " A quarter - master retain the supplies of the army . " Or , an innkeeper stop the progress of an army for food to horses of a baggage wagon . " Every man must surely deprecate a ...
... result ? " A ship carpenter might libel public ships . " A quarter - master retain the supplies of the army . " Or , an innkeeper stop the progress of an army for food to horses of a baggage wagon . " Every man must surely deprecate a ...
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... result of the added amounts of imports and exports during the five preceding years , ( 2,035,000,000 francs , ) our commerce with foreign parts presents an increase of 79,000,000 francs , or 5 per cent on the first period , and of ...
... result of the added amounts of imports and exports during the five preceding years , ( 2,035,000,000 francs , ) our commerce with foreign parts presents an increase of 79,000,000 francs , or 5 per cent on the first period , and of ...
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... result is , in the whole value of goods transported by French vessels , an increase of 9 per cent in favor of 1843 ... results of our foreign commerce , we regard it ( im- ports and exports together ) with a view to learn whence the ...
... result is , in the whole value of goods transported by French vessels , an increase of 9 per cent in favor of 1843 ... results of our foreign commerce , we regard it ( im- ports and exports together ) with a view to learn whence the ...
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... result as in 1841 . As to Belgium , the value of the imports from that country amounted , in 1842 , only to the sum of 99,000,000 francs in general commerce , and of 88,000,000 francs in special commerce ; they have come up as high as ...
... result as in 1841 . As to Belgium , the value of the imports from that country amounted , in 1842 , only to the sum of 99,000,000 francs in general commerce , and of 88,000,000 francs in special commerce ; they have come up as high as ...
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... result favorable to 1843 . Out of 109,000,000 francs , representing the value of silks received from foreign parts , our industry has made use of 60,000,000 francs ; that is , 13,000,000 francs more than in 1842 , and 3,000,000 francs ...
... result favorable to 1843 . Out of 109,000,000 francs , representing the value of silks received from foreign parts , our industry has made use of 60,000,000 francs ; that is , 13,000,000 francs more than in 1842 , and 3,000,000 francs ...
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Página 404 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Página 514 - ... for transacting the business of said company: and at the expiration of the term of insurance, the said note, or such...
Página 404 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis's Straits ; — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Página 526 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Página 306 - He is said to have weighed unto him " four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant, (Gen.
Página 22 - It is a part of our history, that, at the adoption of the constitution, all the states were greatly indebted; and the apprehension that these debts might be prosecuted in the federal courts, formed a very serious objection to that instrument. Suits were instituted; and the court maintained its jurisdiction. The alarm was general; and, to quiet the apprehensions that wvre so extensively entertained, this amendment was proposed in Congress, and adopted by the state legislatures.
Página 404 - Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that while some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue the gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Página 52 - Therefore, resolved, if the honorable the senate concur herein, that a joint committee be appointed to take into consideration the propriety of exploring and causing an accurate survey to be made of the most eligible and direct route for a canal, to open a communication between the tide waters of the Hudson river and Lake Erie, to the end that Congress may be enabled to appropriate such sums as may be necessary to the accomplishment of that great national object.
Página 404 - ... for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry.
Página 25 - A state, like a merchant, makes a contract ; a dishonest state, like a dishonest merchant, wilfully refuses to discharge it The latter is amenable to a court of justice upon general principles of right. Shall the former, when summoned to answer the fair demands of its creditor, be permitted, Proteus-like, to assume a new appearance, and to insult him and justice, py declaring, " I am a sovereign state !