History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1859 - United States |
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... bill containing many objec- tionable features was introduced in the popular branch of its legislature , but it was resisted with great eloquence , admirable sense , and unyielding firmness in the senate by two respected individuals ...
... bill containing many objec- tionable features was introduced in the popular branch of its legislature , but it was resisted with great eloquence , admirable sense , and unyielding firmness in the senate by two respected individuals ...
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... bills followed , both originating in the Senate . One was entitled , “ An Act declaring a certain description of persons ... bill , on the grounds that " the voluntary remaining in a country overrun by the enemy , " an act " perfectly ...
... bills followed , both originating in the Senate . One was entitled , “ An Act declaring a certain description of persons ... bill , on the grounds that " the voluntary remaining in a country overrun by the enemy , " an act " perfectly ...
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... bill was " An Act for the speedy Sale of Confiscated Estates , " which , though also objected to by the Council of Revision , became a law on the same day . Hamilton remarked , as to this test act , " A share in the sovereignty of the ...
... bill was " An Act for the speedy Sale of Confiscated Estates , " which , though also objected to by the Council of Revision , became a law on the same day . Hamilton remarked , as to this test act , " A share in the sovereignty of the ...
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... bill , " declaring a certain description of persons without the protection of the laws , " which Hamilton characterized as " an attempt to transfer the sceptre from the hands of government to those of indi- viduals , to arm one part of ...
... bill , " declaring a certain description of persons without the protection of the laws , " which Hamilton characterized as " an attempt to transfer the sceptre from the hands of government to those of indi- viduals , to arm one part of ...
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... bills , partial taxes , schemes to engross public property in the hands of those who have present power , to banish the real wealth of the state , and substitute paper bubbles , are the only dishes that suit the public palate at this ...
... bills , partial taxes , schemes to engross public property in the hands of those who have present power , to banish the real wealth of the state , and substitute paper bubbles , are the only dishes that suit the public palate at this ...
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