American Slavery and Finances, Volumes 1-9W. Ridgway, 1864 - Finance |
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... government , the judiciary , and people of Mississippi ; " very well for the high tory paper as an attack upon our republican govern- ment ; " as " untrue ; " " the hypocritical cant of stock - jobbers and pensioned presses " " reckless ...
... government , the judiciary , and people of Mississippi ; " very well for the high tory paper as an attack upon our republican govern- ment ; " as " untrue ; " " the hypocritical cant of stock - jobbers and pensioned presses " " reckless ...
Page 13
... governments must act through human agency , and the agency in this case which received the money , was appointed entirely by the State . But this is not all . The Bank , which was ex- clusively a State bank , and based entirely on the ...
... governments must act through human agency , and the agency in this case which received the money , was appointed entirely by the State . But this is not all . The Bank , which was ex- clusively a State bank , and based entirely on the ...
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... Government of the State of Mississippi shall be divided into three dis- tinct departments , and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy ; to wit , those which are legislative to one , those which are judicial to another ...
... Government of the State of Mississippi shall be divided into three dis- tinct departments , and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy ; to wit , those which are legislative to one , those which are judicial to another ...
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... Government " has done . The London " Times " has heretofore quoted the proceedings of the Legislature of Mississippi in 1839 , approving the sale of these bonds and eulo- gizing the transaction . It has also referred to the Message of ...
... Government " has done . The London " Times " has heretofore quoted the proceedings of the Legislature of Mississippi in 1839 , approving the sale of these bonds and eulo- gizing the transaction . It has also referred to the Message of ...
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... government . It summons them to these English shores , it un- sheaths the imperial sceptre in the House of Com- mons , denounces the Ministry of England , and dictates the vote of Parliament on the most mo- mentous question in the ...
... government . It summons them to these English shores , it un- sheaths the imperial sceptre in the House of Com- mons , denounces the Ministry of England , and dictates the vote of Parliament on the most mo- mentous question in the ...
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Page 44 - Yes, we are all there, — from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf...
Page 4 - No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
Page 18 - No national banking association shall at any time be indebted, or in any way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following :
Page 21 - ... made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a view to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 7 - ... secured by United States bonds, deposited with the treasurer of the United States, by the written or engraved signatures of the treasurer and register, and by the imprint of the seal of the treasury...
Page 15 - And such worn-out or mutilated notes, after a memorandum shall have been entered in the proper books, in accordance with such regulations as may be established by the Comptroller, as well as all circulating...
Page 24 - ... with intent to use such paper, or cause or suffer the same to be used, in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes issued as aforesaid, every such person, being thereof convicted...
Page 4 - ... newspaper published in the city or county where the association is located for at least sixty days next after the issuing thereof: Provided, That if no newspaper is published in such city or county the certificate shall be published in a newspaper published nearest thereto.
Page 27 - That the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to borrow, from time to time, on the credit of the United States...
Page 77 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.