Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ...Gales & Seaton, 1834 - Law |
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... principle which lies at the Secretary of the Treasury ( such as contracting for the bottom of all free government - that principle , with- loans , & c . ) are required to be performed under the di- out which there can be no free ...
... principle which lies at the Secretary of the Treasury ( such as contracting for the bottom of all free government - that principle , with- loans , & c . ) are required to be performed under the di- out which there can be no free ...
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... principles of our Government , and adverse to the genius of all free institutions . The Secretary was made , by the charter , the mere represent- ative or agent of Congress ; its temporary substitute , acting in subordination to it ...
... principles of our Government , and adverse to the genius of all free institutions . The Secretary was made , by the charter , the mere represent- ative or agent of Congress ; its temporary substitute , acting in subordination to it ...
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... principles ; and a new by the present bank , through the agency of a Bank of the Congress , elected in the midst of such discussion , and fur- United States , so modified in its principles and structure nishing an equal representation ...
... principles ; and a new by the present bank , through the agency of a Bank of the Congress , elected in the midst of such discussion , and fur- United States , so modified in its principles and structure nishing an equal representation ...
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... principles and the form of our consti- sidential election stopped the progress of the contraction , tution . The nation is at this time so strong and united in and gave the community time to breathe . The removal its sentiments , that ...
... principles and the form of our consti- sidential election stopped the progress of the contraction , tution . The nation is at this time so strong and united in and gave the community time to breathe . The removal its sentiments , that ...
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... principles , and abandon their they would give . In the third place , was the amount of old grounds in 1816 , have now all disappeared ; not one of them remains ; so that , in going a second time for the existence of a bank which they ...
... principles , and abandon their they would give . In the third place , was the amount of old grounds in 1816 , have now all disappeared ; not one of them remains ; so that , in going a second time for the existence of a bank which they ...
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Page 177 - 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.
Page 65 - 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.
Page 57 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 67 - The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the President, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional or legal discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examinable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that...
Page 101 - SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, and whenever required by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said corporation shall give the necessary facilities for transferring the public funds from place to place, within the United States, or the territories thereof, and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors...
Page 287 - Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; * * * to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office...
Page 71 - That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
Page 411 - Frontier of the United States. Communicated by the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the United States, March 12, 1863.
Page 461 - An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution...
Page 305 - ... in such manner as the President of the United States shall from time to time order or instruct.