Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, Establishing a Deliberate Design on the Part of the Late and Present Executive of the United States, to Break Down the Whole Banking System of the United States ...: And to Create on Their Ruins a Government Treasury Bank, Under the Exclusive Control of the Executive, and in Reply to ... J. C. Calhoun ... In the Senate ... February 19, 1838, Issue 12Gales and Seaton, 1838 - 32 pages |
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... portion of our fellow - citizens ; and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of estab- lishing a uniform and sound currency . " Under these circumstances , if such an institution is deemed essential to the ...
... portion of our fellow - citizens ; and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of estab- lishing a uniform and sound currency . " Under these circumstances , if such an institution is deemed essential to the ...
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... portion of the precious metals infused into our circulating medium . These measures will probably be followed up in due time by the enactment of State laws , banishing from circulation bank notes of still higher denominations ; and the ...
... portion of the precious metals infused into our circulating medium . These measures will probably be followed up in due time by the enactment of State laws , banishing from circulation bank notes of still higher denominations ; and the ...
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... portion of the paper medium of the country ; the only portion of it which has a credit everywhere , and which serves the purpose of a general circulation ; the only portion with which a man can travel from one end of the continent to ...
... portion of the paper medium of the country ; the only portion of it which has a credit everywhere , and which serves the purpose of a general circulation ; the only portion with which a man can travel from one end of the continent to ...
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... portion of it , therefore , which is within the District of Columbia , will be under the safeguard of the constitution , and all else will be at the arbitrary disposal of the Secretary of the Treasury . 1 It was deemed necessary , no ...
... portion of it , therefore , which is within the District of Columbia , will be under the safeguard of the constitution , and all else will be at the arbitrary disposal of the Secretary of the Treasury . 1 It was deemed necessary , no ...
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... portions of it , if he think it conducive to the public interest . A man has to receive , under an appro- priation law , $ 10,000 , and applies to Mr. Secretary for payment . Where will you receive it ? he is asked . On New York . How ...
... portions of it , if he think it conducive to the public interest . A man has to receive , under an appro- priation law , $ 10,000 , and applies to Mr. Secretary for payment . Where will you receive it ? he is asked . On New York . How ...
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