 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 páginas
...bank; another in 1811, decided against it. One Congress, in 1815, decided against a bank ; another in 1816, decided in its favor. Prior to the present Congress, therefore, the prec*dents drawn from that source were equal. If we resort to the States the expressions of legislative,... | |
 | William Letwin - 438 páginas
...bank; another, in 1811, decided against it. One Congress, in 1815, decided against a bank; another, in 1816, decided in its favor. Prior to the present...the bank have been probably to those in its favor as 4 to 1. There is nothing in precedent, therefore, which, if its authority were admitted, ought to weigh... | |
 | 1832 - 426 páginas
...decided against it. One Congress in 1815 decided agaiusl a Bank, another in 1816 decided iu its favour. Prior to the present Congress, therefore, the precedents drawn from that source were equal. It we resort to the States, the expressions of legislative, judicial, and executive opinions against... | |
 | 1831 - 648 páginas
...from that source were equal, resort to the States, the expressions of legislative, judicial, and ej opinions against the bank, have been, probably, to those in its favor, to one. There is nothing in precedent, therefore, which, if its ai were admitted, ought to weigh in... | |
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States can be considered as well settled. So far from this being the case on this subject, an argument against the bank might be based on precedent. One Congress, in 1791, decided in favor of a bank; another, in 1811, decided against it. One Congress,... 
