The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volume 2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... consequences imputed to it . The truth is , it is the joint effect of both principles , the do- mestic industry nourishing the foreign trade , and the foreign com- merce in turn nourishing the domestic industry . Nowhere more than in ...
... consequences imputed to it . The truth is , it is the joint effect of both principles , the do- mestic industry nourishing the foreign trade , and the foreign com- merce in turn nourishing the domestic industry . Nowhere more than in ...
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... consequences of the selfish policy of foreign powers , the payment of the public debt will be the bitterest of curses . fruit will be like the fruit " Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death into the world , and all ...
... consequences of the selfish policy of foreign powers , the payment of the public debt will be the bitterest of curses . fruit will be like the fruit " Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death into the world , and all ...
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... consequence of the operation of the principle of free trade on its navigation . Its tonnage has gone to the more enterprizing and adventurous tars of the north- ern States , with whom those of the city of Charleston could not main- tain ...
... consequence of the operation of the principle of free trade on its navigation . Its tonnage has gone to the more enterprizing and adventurous tars of the north- ern States , with whom those of the city of Charleston could not main- tain ...
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... consequence would then be , to diminish the total con- sumption of cotton , to say nothing now of the reduction of price that would take place by throwing into the ports of Great Britain the two hundred thousand bales , which no longer ...
... consequence would then be , to diminish the total con- sumption of cotton , to say nothing now of the reduction of price that would take place by throwing into the ports of Great Britain the two hundred thousand bales , which no longer ...
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... consequence , unless the principle is true on one side of the Atlan- tic , and false on the other . The true answer is , that the exporter of an article , if he invests its proceeds in a foreign market , takes care to make the ...
... consequence , unless the principle is true on one side of the Atlan- tic , and false on the other . The true answer is , that the exporter of an article , if he invests its proceeds in a foreign market , takes care to make the ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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....
Página 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...