Selected Speeches and Reports on Finance and Taxation, from 1859 to 1878D. Appleton, 1879 - 640 pages |
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... question upon which the members of the Committee on Finance had any material difference of opinion , and that is , whether the notes provided for in this bill shall be made a legal tender in payment of public and private debts . Upon ...
... question upon which the members of the Committee on Finance had any material difference of opinion , and that is , whether the notes provided for in this bill shall be made a legal tender in payment of public and private debts . Upon ...
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... questions ; and therefore it is that , when a question of this kind is before the Senate , the opinion of men who have devoted their lives to this subject ought to be fairly considered . Upon the question of the constitutionality of ...
... questions ; and therefore it is that , when a question of this kind is before the Senate , the opinion of men who have devoted their lives to this subject ought to be fairly considered . Upon the question of the constitutionality of ...
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... question simply as a question of taxation ; but I should not be candid , I should not state my real purpose , if I did not say frankly that I have another and a much high- er object than this to accomplish . The purpose of this bill is ...
... question simply as a question of taxation ; but I should not be candid , I should not state my real purpose , if I did not say frankly that I have another and a much high- er object than this to accomplish . The purpose of this bill is ...
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... question has been examined by much wiser men , I will read an extract from the report of Mr. Dallas , in December , 1815. I read this short extract to show that never was the exclusive power of Congress over the currency denied even by ...
... question has been examined by much wiser men , I will read an extract from the report of Mr. Dallas , in December , 1815. I read this short extract to show that never was the exclusive power of Congress over the currency denied even by ...
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... question then , Mr. President , is not between coin and paper , because I have shown that we cannot resort to coin . The question is between a national currency and a currency issued by State corpora- tions , or a mixture of both . Now ...
... question then , Mr. President , is not between coin and paper , because I have shown that we cannot resort to coin . The question is between a national currency and a currency issued by State corpora- tions , or a mixture of both . Now ...
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