 he expressed an opinion against the constitutionality and expediency of the bank, and an assertion that it had failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency. As no intimation had been been given of an  1830-1846 - Page 995by United States. President - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Political parties - 1856 - 560 pages
...the expediency of the la\v creating the bank were well questioned ; and that it could not be denied that it had failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency. This was a seasonable notice that questions of high import were to be raised against that powerful... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1854 - 784 pages
...well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens; and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency." This passage was the grand feature of the message, rising above precedent and judicial decisions, going... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1857 - 702 pages
...Jackson took strong ground against the renewal of the charter of the United States Bank," on the ground that it had failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency, and that such an institution was not authorized by the Federal Constitution. He again attacked the... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1856 - 764 pages
...questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens ; and it must be admitted by all, that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency." This is the clause which party spirit, and bank tactics, pervertid at the time (and which has gone... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1858 - 604 pages
...well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens; and it must be admitted by all, that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency. " Under these circumstances, if such an institution is deemed essential to the fiscal operations of... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...Jackson took strong ground against the renewal of the charter of the United States Bank, 5 on the ground that it had failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency, and that such an institution was not authorized by the Federal Constitution. He again attacked the... | |
 | James Parton - 1861 - 754 pages
...questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens; and it must be admitted by all, that it lias failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency. Under these circumstances, if such an institution is deemed essential to the fiscal operations of the... | |
 | William D. Jones - United States - 1864 - 276 pages
...Bank of the United States. He said, its Constitutionality and its expediency were both questioned, and it had failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency. And he suggested in its stead one founded upon the credit of the Government and its revenues which... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - Business & Economics - 1866 - 492 pages
...well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency." It must be said, in justice to General Jackson, that he gave the friends of the national bank a fair... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - Business & Economics - 1866 - 552 pages
...well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency." It must be said, in justice to General Jackson, that he gave the friends of the national bank a fair... | |
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