Speeches, Congressional and Political: And Other Writings, of Ex-Governor Aaron V. Brown, of TennesseeJ. L. Marling, 1854 - 706 páginas |
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... Congress , he gave it up altogether . Much of the time in which he was in regular and full practice he was also a member of one branch or the other of the state legislature . This service being near home , and the counties he ...
... Congress , he gave it up altogether . Much of the time in which he was in regular and full practice he was also a member of one branch or the other of the state legislature . This service being near home , and the counties he ...
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... Congress in 1839. At two for- mer elections the whigs had carried his district by majorities ranging from ele- ven to twelve hundred votes . His competitor , the Hon . E. J. Shields , had served in the two preceding Congresses . He was ...
... Congress in 1839. At two for- mer elections the whigs had carried his district by majorities ranging from ele- ven to twelve hundred votes . His competitor , the Hon . E. J. Shields , had served in the two preceding Congresses . He was ...
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... Congress , now lying before me , he has ex- pressly told us : " What is now to be regarded as the judg- ment of the American people on the whole subject , [ the banks and the currency , ] I have no accurate means of determining , but by ...
... Congress , now lying before me , he has ex- pressly told us : " What is now to be regarded as the judg- ment of the American people on the whole subject , [ the banks and the currency , ] I have no accurate means of determining , but by ...
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... Congress , as the Legislature of the whole Union , and which , when dis- tinctly proposed , was expressly refused - is now claimed to have been conferred by that clause which gives it exclusive legislation over the little District of ...
... Congress , as the Legislature of the whole Union , and which , when dis- tinctly proposed , was expressly refused - is now claimed to have been conferred by that clause which gives it exclusive legislation over the little District of ...
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... Congress to regulate the currency , ( which I deny , ) let Congress do so itself , by its own officers , appointed by and responsible to them , as they in their turn are responsible to the people : but do not , I pray you , make an ...
... Congress to regulate the currency , ( which I deny , ) let Congress do so itself , by its own officers , appointed by and responsible to them , as they in their turn are responsible to the people : but do not , I pray you , make an ...
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