The War on the Bank of the United States: Or, A Review of the Measures of the Administration Against that Institution and the Prosperity of the CountryKey & Biddle, 1834 - 155 páginas |
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... fact advance to government one - half of the whole amount of duties on importation , which is ultimately paid by the consumer . An additional amount of capital , therefore , equal to that of the duties , is now required , in order to ...
... fact advance to government one - half of the whole amount of duties on importation , which is ultimately paid by the consumer . An additional amount of capital , therefore , equal to that of the duties , is now required , in order to ...
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... fact that it was at home every where , and in perfect credit every where , the Bank of the United States accomplished the inter- nal exchanges of the country with vast facility , and at an unprecedented cheap rate . The State banks can ...
... fact that it was at home every where , and in perfect credit every where , the Bank of the United States accomplished the inter- nal exchanges of the country with vast facility , and at an unprecedented cheap rate . The State banks can ...
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... fact , that the eyes of the people are opening upon their true interests ; and at their command , the chains which bind many of their repre- sentatives to the car of the administration , will be broken like the cords upon the Nazarite ...
... fact , that the eyes of the people are opening upon their true interests ; and at their command , the chains which bind many of their repre- sentatives to the car of the administration , will be broken like the cords upon the Nazarite ...
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... fact , seek that alliance , which the Bank indignantly rejected . The President adds , too , " If I had been venal , I should have sold myself to its designs . " A President of the United States make a merit of not having sold himself ...
... fact , seek that alliance , which the Bank indignantly rejected . The President adds , too , " If I had been venal , I should have sold myself to its designs . " A President of the United States make a merit of not having sold himself ...
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... fact , that every dol- lar received in the form of a bank note , in the remotest parts of the interior . is without charge converted into a silver dollar , at every one of the vast number of places where the service of the government ...
... fact , that every dol- lar received in the form of a bank note , in the remotest parts of the interior . is without charge converted into a silver dollar , at every one of the vast number of places where the service of the government ...
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The War on the Bank of the United States, Or, A Review of the Measures of ... Thomas Francis Gordon Visualização integral - 1834 |
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Página 145 - Those who can best estimate the value of a steady administration will be most disposed to prize a provision which connects the official existence of public men with the approbation or disapprobation of that body, which from the greater permanency of its own composition, will in all probability be less subject to inconstancy than any other member of the government.
Página 43 - 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.
Página 118 - Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant...
Página 119 - Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union.
Página 150 - I cannot but believe that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience. I submit therefore to your consideration, whether the efficiency of the government would not be promoted, and official industry and integrity better secured by a general extension of the law which limits appointments to four years.
Página 150 - The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance...
Página 145 - A change of the Chief Magistrate, therefore, would not occasion so violent or so general a revolution in the officers of the Government, as might be expected if he were the sole disposer of offices.
Página 11 - A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the states, and dangerous to the liberties of the people...
Página 6 - Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Página 39 - The whole executive power being vested in the President, who is responsible for its exercise, it is a necessary consequence, that he should have a right to employ agents of his own choice to aid him in the performance of his duties, and to discharge them when he is no longer willing to be responsible for their acts.