The Life of Silas Wright, Late Governor of the State of New York: With an Appendix, Containing a Selection from His Speeches in the Senate of the United States, and His Address Read Before the New York State Agricultural SocietyAlden & Markham, 1847 - 378 Seiten |
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... principles of a republican government would be sub- verted , by putting the power to choose a President into the hands of a small minority ; the state of New York , with its thirty - four representatives , would be entitled 32 REPORT IN ...
... principles of a republican government would be sub- verted , by putting the power to choose a President into the hands of a small minority ; the state of New York , with its thirty - four representatives , would be entitled 32 REPORT IN ...
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... under fifty cents per square yard , from sixteen cents , as proposed by the committee , to twenty cents , the rate fixed by the Harrisburg convention . This proposition retained the minimum principle in part , for 58 SPEECH OF MR . WRIGHT .
... under fifty cents per square yard , from sixteen cents , as proposed by the committee , to twenty cents , the rate fixed by the Harrisburg convention . This proposition retained the minimum principle in part , for 58 SPEECH OF MR . WRIGHT .
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... principle in part , for which the manufacturers contended so ear- nestly , and was adopted by a vote of one hundred and eighty - three to seventeen - Mr . Wright voting in favor of the amendment . But there were other features of the ...
... principle in part , for which the manufacturers contended so ear- nestly , and was adopted by a vote of one hundred and eighty - three to seventeen - Mr . Wright voting in favor of the amendment . But there were other features of the ...
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... principles . When at home , sir , I bear the appellation of a lawyer ; and whether my colleague in- tended to apply it to me here reproachfully , or not , I know not ; but I have not considered a place in that respectable profession ...
... principles . When at home , sir , I bear the appellation of a lawyer ; and whether my colleague in- tended to apply it to me here reproachfully , or not , I know not ; but I have not considered a place in that respectable profession ...
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... principles ; and never sheltered himself behind the instructions of the Legislature . There were scarcely two opinions upon the subject in the state of New York , out of the city and its vicinity ; but he did not ask , or desire , any ...
... principles ; and never sheltered himself behind the instructions of the Legislature . There were scarcely two opinions upon the subject in the state of New York , out of the city and its vicinity ; but he did not ask , or desire , any ...
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Seite 213 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 266 - Resolved, That by dismissing the late Secretary of the Treasury, because he would not, contrary to his sense of his own duty, remove the money of the United States in deposit with the Bank of the United States and its branches, in conformity with the President's opinion, and by appointing his successor to effect such removal, which has been done...
Seite 240 - He was elected a senator from the state of New York in the Congress of the United States.
Seite 277 - President's opinion, and by appointing his successor to effect such removal, which has been done, the President has assumed the exercise of a power over the Treasury of the United States, not granted to him by the Constitution and laws, and dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Seite 52 - ... are requested, to make every proper exertion to effect such a revision of the tariff, as will afford a sufficient protection to- the growers of wool, hemp and flax, and the manufacturers of iron, woollens, and every other article, so far as the same may be connected with the interest of manufactures, agriculture and commerce.
Seite 257 - That the conduct of the Bank, in attempting, at a time of general prosperity, to produce pecuniary distress and alarm, and in exercising its power with a view to extort a renewal of its charter from the fears of the people, affords of itself full justification for the withdrawal of the confidence of the government.
Seite 31 - Vice-President of the United States; or, at least, until the efforts which are now seriously making in Congress to establish a uniform rule of appointment, by an amendment of the constitution of the United States, by which the people can elect by districts, have either terminated in the adoption or rejection of such amendment by that body.
Seite 213 - That there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, in any territory on the continent of America, which shall hereafter be acquired by, or annexed to, the United States...
Seite 226 - ... unreasonable sacrifice, I should most gladly do so, as my location gives me a strong feeling in reference to the prosperity and safety of the commerce of the lakes. The subject of the improvement of the lake harbors is one which my service in Congress has rendered somewhat familiar to me in a legislative aspect, while my personal travel upon the two lower lakes has made the necessity for these improvements manifest to my senses. I am aware that questions of constitutional power have been raised...
Seite 262 - Chair,* as I find it in a morning paper. It is this : — " Be assured, Sir, whatever nice distinctions may be drawn here as to the show of influence which expressions of the popular will upon such a subject are entitled to from us, it is possible for that will to assume a constitutional shape, which the Senate cannot misunderstand, and, understanding, will not unwisely resist.