Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced and Held at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volumen8Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 |
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... gentleman from Luzerne . The rule which the gentleman had introduced was one entirely new , and unknown to legislation . If gentlemen had not wished to consume the time of the convention , they ought not to have offered amendments ...
... gentleman from Luzerne . The rule which the gentleman had introduced was one entirely new , and unknown to legislation . If gentlemen had not wished to consume the time of the convention , they ought not to have offered amendments ...
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... gentlemen . Here , sir , are facts coming home to the understanding of every man , showing nothing like pre - concert , nothing like combination . Sir , the uspension of specie payments on the part of the banks , was an act of stern and ...
... gentlemen . Here , sir , are facts coming home to the understanding of every man , showing nothing like pre - concert , nothing like combination . Sir , the uspension of specie payments on the part of the banks , was an act of stern and ...
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... gentlemen who have taken the same ground in relation to the banks , that I have taken , admit that there are defects in the present system , which might , with great propriety , be remedied . But , the great point of difference between ...
... gentlemen who have taken the same ground in relation to the banks , that I have taken , admit that there are defects in the present system , which might , with great propriety , be remedied . But , the great point of difference between ...
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... gentlemen speak also of banks , being aristocratic institu- tions . I assert , on the other hand , that they are the very offspring of democracy - yes , sir , the very children of democracy . When had we more democracy among us than in ...
... gentlemen speak also of banks , being aristocratic institu- tions . I assert , on the other hand , that they are the very offspring of democracy - yes , sir , the very children of democracy . When had we more democracy among us than in ...
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... gentlemen , that they have entirely mistaken the ground in this respect - they will find , if they do not already know , that these institutions are so intimately blended with the happiness and the prosperity of the people , that all ...
... gentlemen , that they have entirely mistaken the ground in this respect - they will find , if they do not already know , that these institutions are so intimately blended with the happiness and the prosperity of the people , that all ...
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