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Page 6
... dollars annually laid on each county for the benefit of a few individuals only , unless there be a law made fixing the limits of usury . A law for this purpose , I am of opinion , may be made without materially injuring any class of ...
... dollars annually laid on each county for the benefit of a few individuals only , unless there be a law made fixing the limits of usury . A law for this purpose , I am of opinion , may be made without materially injuring any class of ...
Page 18
... dollars , on the faith of the State , to construct railroads . Some of the legislature are for it , and some against it ; which has the major- ity I cannot tell . There is great strife and strug- gling for the office of the United ...
... dollars , on the faith of the State , to construct railroads . Some of the legislature are for it , and some against it ; which has the major- ity I cannot tell . There is great strife and strug- gling for the office of the United ...
Page 23
... , must cost the State some ten or twelve thousand dollars ; and all this to settle a question in which the people have no interest , and about which they care nothing . These capitalists gen- erally act 1837 ] 23 Bank Speech.
... , must cost the State some ten or twelve thousand dollars ; and all this to settle a question in which the people have no interest , and about which they care nothing . These capitalists gen- erally act 1837 ] 23 Bank Speech.
Page 105
... dollars ; and , except under very extra- ordinary circumstances , not more than one half that amount is in circulation , and all duties , taxes , and excise must be paid in Hamburg currency . The consequence is that it invariably com ...
... dollars ; and , except under very extra- ordinary circumstances , not more than one half that amount is in circulation , and all duties , taxes , and excise must be paid in Hamburg currency . The consequence is that it invariably com ...
Page 107
... dollars , when there are two hun- dred millions circulating in the country , if the quantity be reduced to one hundred millions by the arrival of pay - day , will find the horse but sufficient to pay half the debt ; and the other half ...
... dollars , when there are two hun- dred millions circulating in the country , if the quantity be reduced to one hundred millions by the arrival of pay - day , will find the horse but sufficient to pay half the debt ; and the other half ...
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