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Page 37
... duty of , I believe , two shil- lings sterling a bushel , before it can be re - export- ed . On the important article of cotton they have charged a duty on its exportation of nine pence sterling per lb. , equal to the whole value of the ...
... duty of , I believe , two shil- lings sterling a bushel , before it can be re - export- ed . On the important article of cotton they have charged a duty on its exportation of nine pence sterling per lb. , equal to the whole value of the ...
Page 43
... duty of the President to represent it in that light to foreign Governments ; and whatever in- conveniences may result from it , they cannot , by the law of nations , consider it as a measure of hos- tility . Yet the gentleman from ...
... duty of the President to represent it in that light to foreign Governments ; and whatever in- conveniences may result from it , they cannot , by the law of nations , consider it as a measure of hos- tility . Yet the gentleman from ...
Page 63
... duty , how much more imperiously was it their duty at this time ! Every one admitted that considerable sufferings have been undergone , and much more was now to be borne . Gentlemen have considered this subject , gen- erally , in a two ...
... duty , how much more imperiously was it their duty at this time ! Every one admitted that considerable sufferings have been undergone , and much more was now to be borne . Gentlemen have considered this subject , gen- erally , in a two ...
Page 85
... duty on their own exports , and collect the money in their cities at home , and by the hands of their officers there . They have successfully followed this lu- crative business over since the expedient occurred to them . Such has been ...
... duty on their own exports , and collect the money in their cities at home , and by the hands of their officers there . They have successfully followed this lu- crative business over since the expedient occurred to them . Such has been ...
Page 91
... duty , to prevent violence and disorder . bargo laws are so frequent that they cannot be The government which surpasses every other in executed . This indeed is lamentably true . We strength is a popular government , where each read ...
... duty , to prevent violence and disorder . bargo laws are so frequent that they cannot be The government which surpasses every other in executed . This indeed is lamentably true . We strength is a popular government , where each read ...
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Page 507 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 437 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 173 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 269 - The United States, or such other Person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the Land or Naval Forces of the United States, or of the Militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such Ship or Vessel...
Page 253 - Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free government.
Page 137 - ... an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States...
Page 293 - Constitution which declares- that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Page 13 - The situation into which we have thus been forced has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establishments formed and forming will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent.
Page 261 - ... trees or otherwise. And it shall moreover be lawful for the President of the United States to direct the marshal, or officer acting as marshal, in the manner hereinafter directed, and also to take such other measures, and to employ such military force as he may judge necessary and proper, to remove from lands ceded or secured to the United States by treaty or cession as aforesaid any person or persons who shall hereafter take possession of the same, or make, or attempt to make, a settlement thereon,...
Page 269 - ... in every such case it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof as shall be judged necessary for the purpose of taking possession of, and detaining any such ship or vessel, with her prize or prizes...