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Page 12
... give it an artificial and extraordinary force , to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party , often but a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community ; and , according to the alternate ...
... give it an artificial and extraordinary force , to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party , often but a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community ; and , according to the alternate ...
Page 43
... give an outlet to the sea for the produce of the West , but notwithstanding the great advantage which the annexation was to confer upon Massachusetts , she opposed it to the point of threat- ening to dissolve the Union if it was carried ...
... give an outlet to the sea for the produce of the West , but notwithstanding the great advantage which the annexation was to confer upon Massachusetts , she opposed it to the point of threat- ening to dissolve the Union if it was carried ...
Page 51
... give place to the machine goods of western Europe . If her consumption of cotton shall equal that of France , it will be 1,440,000,000 lbs . , equal to 2,880,000 bales , of 500 lbs . each , per annum . The hand labour of India and As ...
... give place to the machine goods of western Europe . If her consumption of cotton shall equal that of France , it will be 1,440,000,000 lbs . , equal to 2,880,000 bales , of 500 lbs . each , per annum . The hand labour of India and As ...
Page 53
... give a belt of about five degrees of latitude , in width extending from the Atlantic coast to the commencement of the elevated plains east of the Rocky Mountains . Cotton cannot be successfully cultivated in any region where there is a ...
... give a belt of about five degrees of latitude , in width extending from the Atlantic coast to the commencement of the elevated plains east of the Rocky Mountains . Cotton cannot be successfully cultivated in any region where there is a ...
Page 54
... give 3 lbs . to every man , woman , and child on the face of the globe . This would be more than three times as much as is consumed in England , and nearly eight times the quantity consumed in France per head of the popu- lation . The ...
... give 3 lbs . to every man , woman , and child on the face of the globe . This would be more than three times as much as is consumed in England , and nearly eight times the quantity consumed in France per head of the popu- lation . The ...
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