The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... respect it certainly differs from the former bankrupt laws of the United States , and from the English bankrupt laws . The bill , too , extends its provisions , not only to those who , either in fact or in contemplation of law , are ...
... respect it certainly differs from the former bankrupt laws of the United States , and from the English bankrupt laws . The bill , too , extends its provisions , not only to those who , either in fact or in contemplation of law , are ...
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... respect ; and if the Eng- lish example was regarded , it was regarded in its general char- acter of a power in Parliament to pass laws on the subject , to repeal them , and pass others , in its discretion , and to deal with the whole ...
... respect ; and if the Eng- lish example was regarded , it was regarded in its general char- acter of a power in Parliament to pass laws on the subject , to repeal them , and pass others , in its discretion , and to deal with the whole ...
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... respect ; but his argument was quite intelli- gible . He said that this abolition of small bills could not now be accomplished , because the States could not be brought to act in concert ; yet they might all be brought to consent that ...
... respect ; but his argument was quite intelli- gible . He said that this abolition of small bills could not now be accomplished , because the States could not be brought to act in concert ; yet they might all be brought to consent that ...
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... respect , habit- ually , for judicial decisions ; but it has , nevertheless , I must say , always appeared to me that the distinctions on which these de- cisions are founded are slender , and that they evade , without answering , the ...
... respect , habit- ually , for judicial decisions ; but it has , nevertheless , I must say , always appeared to me that the distinctions on which these de- cisions are founded are slender , and that they evade , without answering , the ...
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... respect for these your labors in the cause of humanity and enlightened policy . For these labors thousands of grate- ful hearts have thanked you ; and other thousands of hearts , not yet full of joy for the accomplishment of their hopes ...
... respect for these your labors in the cause of humanity and enlightened policy . For these labors thousands of grate- ful hearts have thanked you ; and other thousands of hearts , not yet full of joy for the accomplishment of their hopes ...
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Página 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Página 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Página 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Página vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Página 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 361 - ... to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thjng as a peaceable secession.
Página 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.