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... hundred and fifty to three hundred millions , leaving the debt worth about 5 per cent . It is only necessary to carry out Mr. Walker's reasoning to its ultimate results to expose its absurdity . The second general argument of Mr. Walker ...
... hundred and fifty to three hundred millions , leaving the debt worth about 5 per cent . It is only necessary to carry out Mr. Walker's reasoning to its ultimate results to expose its absurdity . The second general argument of Mr. Walker ...
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... hundred per cent , by a tariff of prices published in Lyons , France . Linen goods have also fluctuated in price . In the main , there has been a decline . All plain goods , and they constitute the bulk of linens con- sumed in this ...
... hundred per cent , by a tariff of prices published in Lyons , France . Linen goods have also fluctuated in price . In the main , there has been a decline . All plain goods , and they constitute the bulk of linens con- sumed in this ...
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... hundred per cent ; that of paper money has been about the same . The increase of the business of the country has ... hundred and fifty millions to five hundred millions of dollars . The latter sum is the highest figure of those who take ...
... hundred per cent ; that of paper money has been about the same . The increase of the business of the country has ... hundred and fifty millions to five hundred millions of dollars . The latter sum is the highest figure of those who take ...
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... hundred dollars . Plaintiffs prove that the sugar ( except what was lost at sea ) arrived on 29th or 30th August , 1856 , and was sold by defendants to Roberts & Williams . That the quantity by weight was as follows : - Sound sugar ...
... hundred dollars . Plaintiffs prove that the sugar ( except what was lost at sea ) arrived on 29th or 30th August , 1856 , and was sold by defendants to Roberts & Williams . That the quantity by weight was as follows : - Sound sugar ...
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... hundred thousand dol- lars went directly into consumption . This year the reverse is the case , and the larger proportion was entered for consumption . The receipts , during the month of November , are more than for the corresponding ...
... hundred thousand dol- lars went directly into consumption . This year the reverse is the case , and the larger proportion was entered for consumption . The receipts , during the month of November , are more than for the corresponding ...
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Page 401 - Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it. Can it be, that Providence...
Page 140 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 401 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and Morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be, that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 645 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night...
Page 760 - The recent transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the crown did not change the political subdivisions of the country.
Page 104 - All questions in regard to rights, whether of property or person, arising between citizens of the United States in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulated by the authorities of their own Government. And all controversies occurring in China between citizens of the United States and the subjects of any other Government, shall be regulated by the treaties existing between the United States and such Governments, respectively, without interference on the part of China.
Page 101 - Subjects of China who may be guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the United States shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China; and citizens of the United States...
Page 702 - ... on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned ; " And if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles, on which different rates...
Page 233 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Page 106 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam...