The American Politician; Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of ... Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, Etc. Third EditionE. Leland and W. J. Whiting, 1842 - 552 pages |
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... Amount of Defalcations , .330 Amount of Debts due on Custom - House Bonds , & c . , Seats of Government , and Times of holding Elections ,. Dates of the first Settlement of the several Colonies , Adoption of the first State ...
... Amount of Defalcations , .330 Amount of Debts due on Custom - House Bonds , & c . , Seats of Government , and Times of holding Elections ,. Dates of the first Settlement of the several Colonies , Adoption of the first State ...
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... amount and payment of their salaries . He has erected a multitude of new offices , and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people , and eat out their substance . He has kept among us , in time of peace , standing ar- mies ...
... amount and payment of their salaries . He has erected a multitude of new offices , and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people , and eat out their substance . He has kept among us , in time of peace , standing ar- mies ...
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... amount ; by re- ducing the undefined field of contingencies , and thereby circumscribing discretionary powers over money ; and by bringing back to a single department all accountabilities for money , where the examinations may be prompt ...
... amount ; by re- ducing the undefined field of contingencies , and thereby circumscribing discretionary powers over money ; and by bringing back to a single department all accountabilities for money , where the examinations may be prompt ...
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... amount of our revenue , and the flourishing state of the treasury , are a full proof of the competency of the national resources for any emergency , as they are of the willingness of our fellow - citizens to bear the burdens which the ...
... amount of our revenue , and the flourishing state of the treasury , are a full proof of the competency of the national resources for any emergency , as they are of the willingness of our fellow - citizens to bear the burdens which the ...
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... amounts to eleven millions eight hun- dred thousand dollars ; and for the sinking fund , to ten millions ; making , in the whole , twenty - one millions eight hundred thousand dollars ; leaving an annual excess of revenue , beyond the ...
... amounts to eleven millions eight hun- dred thousand dollars ; and for the sinking fund , to ten millions ; making , in the whole , twenty - one millions eight hundred thousand dollars ; leaving an annual excess of revenue , beyond the ...
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