Great Debates in American History: Revenue: the tariff and taxationMarion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... measure in the House of Repre- sentatives the leading speakers in favor of excise were James Madison [ Va . ] , Samuel Livermore [ N. H. ] , Theo- dore Sedgwick [ Mass . ] , and William B. Giles [ Va . ] , while among the most important ...
... measure in the House of Repre- sentatives the leading speakers in favor of excise were James Madison [ Va . ] , Samuel Livermore [ N. H. ] , Theo- dore Sedgwick [ Mass . ] , and William B. Giles [ Va . ] , while among the most important ...
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... measure encountered vigor- ous opposition . The duty on carriages was declared by many to be unconstitutional , and in Virginia the collec- tion of this tax was disputed until the Supreme Court of the United States declared in favor if ...
... measure encountered vigor- ous opposition . The duty on carriages was declared by many to be unconstitutional , and in Virginia the collec- tion of this tax was disputed until the Supreme Court of the United States declared in favor if ...
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... measure as pregnant with serious consequences . He was opposed to every system of excise , be- cause such systems had always produced mischief . If this were a despotic country , he could see a good reason for an excise system of ...
... measure as pregnant with serious consequences . He was opposed to every system of excise , be- cause such systems had always produced mischief . If this were a despotic country , he could see a good reason for an excise system of ...
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... measure , he hoped , would be adopted here , but it was hard to say where the subject might , one day , end . Statesmen , in general , do not study the liberty , the virtue , or the comforts of the people , but merely to collect as much ...
... measure , he hoped , would be adopted here , but it was hard to say where the subject might , one day , end . Statesmen , in general , do not study the liberty , the virtue , or the comforts of the people , but merely to collect as much ...
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... measure were Thomas Scott and Theo- dore Sedgwick , and leading opponents were William Lyman and Samuel Dexter . It was negatived . DIRECT TAXATION [ LAND TAX ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , MAY 5-9 , 1794 MR . LYMAN moved to strike out ...
... measure were Thomas Scott and Theo- dore Sedgwick , and leading opponents were William Lyman and Samuel Dexter . It was negatived . DIRECT TAXATION [ LAND TAX ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , MAY 5-9 , 1794 MR . LYMAN moved to strike out ...
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