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... be imposed upon all . Such a return is inevitable ; the only question being whether it be made to avert , or be the necessary result of a great catastrophe . ΜΟΝΕΥ . N every age the most valued possession has vi PREFACE .
... be imposed upon all . Such a return is inevitable ; the only question being whether it be made to avert , or be the necessary result of a great catastrophe . ΜΟΝΕΥ . N every age the most valued possession has vi PREFACE .
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... necessary to take in such of their issues as are not returned to it in the manner de- scribed . If pressed for gold this can ordinarily be had by a pledge of bills the constituents of which have ordinarily the value of an equal nominal ...
... necessary to take in such of their issues as are not returned to it in the manner de- scribed . If pressed for gold this can ordinarily be had by a pledge of bills the constituents of which have ordinarily the value of an equal nominal ...
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... necessary to the entire solvency of a bank . In case of a suspension on a large scale provision for resumption is not neces- sarily that of coin , but that the bills of a bank should represent merchandise , the ordinary subjects of ...
... necessary to the entire solvency of a bank . In case of a suspension on a large scale provision for resumption is not neces- sarily that of coin , but that the bills of a bank should represent merchandise , the ordinary subjects of ...
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... necessary for the conversion of their assets . The amount of deposits in all the savings banks of the United States , September 30 , 1892 , equalled $ 1,712,769,626 , of which $ 705,777 , - 557 were held by the savings banks of the New ...
... necessary for the conversion of their assets . The amount of deposits in all the savings banks of the United States , September 30 , 1892 , equalled $ 1,712,769,626 , of which $ 705,777 , - 557 were held by the savings banks of the New ...
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... necessary condition for securing circulation of its issues , was , whether willingly or not , a member . With such provision it was impossible that there could be any inflation of the currency , or that any con- siderable balances , to ...
... necessary condition for securing circulation of its issues , was , whether willingly or not , a member . With such provision it was impossible that there could be any inflation of the currency , or that any con- siderable balances , to ...
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Page 124 - States provides that the Congress shall have power — To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures: To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States.
Page 150 - And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Page 56 - I can not assent. Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power except where the acquiescence of the people and the States can be considered as well settled.
Page 78 - No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the states, and of compounding the American people into one common mass.
Page 121 - That any holder of the coin authorized by this act may deposit the same with the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the United States...
Page 29 - Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank as being precluded in my judgment by repeated recognitions under varied circumstances of the validity of such an institution in acts of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government, accompanied by indications, in different modes, of a concurrence of the general will of the nation...
Page 56 - If the opinion of the supreme court covered the whole ground of this act, it ought not to control the co-ordinate authorities of this government. The congress, the executive, and the court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution.
Page 193 - The substitution of paper in the room of gold and silver money, replaces a very expensive instrument of commerce with one much less costly, and sometimes equally convenient. Circulation comes to be carried on by a new wheel, which it costs less both to erect and to maintain than the old one.
Page 79 - That the democratic party will faithfully abide by and uphold the principles laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in the report of Mr. Madison to the Virginia Legislature in 1799 ; that it adopts those principles as constituting one of the main foundations of its political creed, and is resolved to carry them out in their obvious meaning and import.
Page 76 - That the federal government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution, and the grants of power shown therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the government ; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers.