Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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... revenue from about two millions of dollars of interest , and added that sum annually to the disposable surplus . The probable accumulation of the surplusses of revenue beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt ...
... revenue from about two millions of dollars of interest , and added that sum annually to the disposable surplus . The probable accumulation of the surplusses of revenue beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt ...
Page 45
... revenue ? If it had been the interest of the sugar planters to employ any portion of their capital in raising corn , it is wonderful they have never before made the discovery . The gentle- man from Connecticut has also informed us that ...
... revenue ? If it had been the interest of the sugar planters to employ any portion of their capital in raising corn , it is wonderful they have never before made the discovery . The gentle- man from Connecticut has also informed us that ...
Page 55
... revenue ? A consideration certainly can never be recovered . In the same report it ap- of no small importance to a Government depend- pears that the goods , wares , and merchandise , of ing entirely for her revenue upon commerce . Our ...
... revenue ? A consideration certainly can never be recovered . In the same report it ap- of no small importance to a Government depend- pears that the goods , wares , and merchandise , of ing entirely for her revenue upon commerce . Our ...
Page 65
... revenue is derived from commerce , and must continue to be so , except resort be had to a direct tax , and the gentleman says , we have not courage enough for that . The gentleman from Connecticut must suppose , if the gentleman from ...
... revenue is derived from commerce , and must continue to be so , except resort be had to a direct tax , and the gentleman says , we have not courage enough for that . The gentleman from Connecticut must suppose , if the gentleman from ...
Page 87
... revenue . And to destroy that source of income would be to com- mit an act of political suicide . It would be kill- ing the hen that lays the golden eggs . To every person who understands the history of our em- barrassments , and knows ...
... revenue . And to destroy that source of income would be to com- mit an act of political suicide . It would be kill- ing the hen that lays the golden eggs . To every person who understands the history of our em- barrassments , and knows ...
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