Memorial of the Committee Appointed by the "Free Trade Convention," Held at Philadelphia, in September and October, 1831W. A. Mercein, printer, 1832 - 87 páginas |
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... restrictions , which , permitting every man to pursue those occupations , for which he was best fitted , had in less than two centuries converted the wilderness into an earthly paradise , and out of a few persecuted emigrants had ...
... restrictions , which , permitting every man to pursue those occupations , for which he was best fitted , had in less than two centuries converted the wilderness into an earthly paradise , and out of a few persecuted emigrants had ...
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... restriction contend that a trade in foreign commodities , which , ( without regard to price ) might be produced by domestic ... restrictions . When , in order to justify that system , it is said that " nations are adversary to each other ...
... restriction contend that a trade in foreign commodities , which , ( without regard to price ) might be produced by domestic ... restrictions . When , in order to justify that system , it is said that " nations are adversary to each other ...
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... , would necessarily have the same effect on the exports . Retaliatory laws , that had that effect , would only aggravate the evil ; if the restrictions imposed by the foreign laws on American products are admitted to 36.
... , would necessarily have the same effect on the exports . Retaliatory laws , that had that effect , would only aggravate the evil ; if the restrictions imposed by the foreign laws on American products are admitted to 36.
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... restrictions , they compelled Americans to purchase elsewhere the commodities which they want and might have purchased cheaper from those nations . The whole amount of imports equalizes itself with the whole amount of exports . It is ...
... restrictions , they compelled Americans to purchase elsewhere the commodities which they want and might have purchased cheaper from those nations . The whole amount of imports equalizes itself with the whole amount of exports . It is ...
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... restrictions of foreign nations on its products , asks for no special protection . Virginia is a great wheat grow ... restriction on the sale of American bread stuffs , it is forgotten that the duty is the very reason which makes the ...
... restrictions of foreign nations on its products , asks for no special protection . Virginia is a great wheat grow ... restriction on the sale of American bread stuffs , it is forgotten that the duty is the very reason which makes the ...
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actual ad valorem adopted afford ALBERT GALLATIN American annual average bank notes Bank of England bar iron bills of exchange branches capital cent chartered banks city banks commercial commodities Congress consists Constitution Convention country banks debt demand deposits depreciated depreciated currency difference discounts domestic manufacture effect equal evil exceed exclusively exports Farmers favorable foreign article France free banking gold and silver gold coins greater imported increase industry interest iron issue labor less loans millions of dollars necessary New-York nominal object operations paid paper currency paper money payable Pennsylvania pound sterling precious metals prime cost principal produce profit provisions purchase purpose quantity reduced rency respect restrictions resumption of specie revenue specie payments standard of value sterling substituted sufficient supply suspension of specie sustained tariff tariff of 1824 thousand dollars tion Treasury twenty United wanted whilst York
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Página 52 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Página 70 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States...
Página 3 - It is invested with the power to coin money, and to regulate the value thereof, and to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States.
Página 72 - No objection ought to arise to this construction from the supposition that it would imply a power to do whatever else should appear to Congress conducive to the general welfare.
Página 72 - These three qualifications excepted the power to raise money is plenary and indefinite, and the objects to which it may be appropriated are no less comprehensive than the payment of the Public debts, and the providing for the common defence and general Welfare. The terms "general Welfare...
Página 93 - No person, association of persons or corporation, except such as are expressly authorized by law, shall keep any office for the purpose of issuing any evidences of debt, to be loaned or put in circulation as money; nor shall they issue any bills or promissory notes or other evidences of debt as private bankers, for the purpose of loaning them or putting them in circulation as money, unless thereto specially authorized by law.
Página 53 - The said corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, deal or trade in buying or selling any goods, wares, merchandise, or...
Página 105 - ... everywhere, among the learned, the lawyers, the military, artists, merchants, mechanics, and men of all stations. - The reader may judge how well it is adapted to its object, from the circumstance, that though it now consists of twelve volumes, seven editions, comprising about ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES, have been printed in less than fifteen years. It has been translated into the Swedish, Danish and Dutch languages, and a French translation is now preparing in Paris.
Página 72 - And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce, are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money. The only qualification of the generality of the phrase in question, which seems to be admissible, is this: That the object to which an appropriation of money is to be made be general, and not local; its operation extending in fact or by possibility throughout...
Página 90 - Secondly. It will also be expected, that it will powerfully assist in raising the necessary loans, not by taking up, on its own account, any sum beyond what may be entirely convenient and consistent with the safety and primary object of the institution, but by affording facilities to the money lenders. Those, who, in the first instance, subscribe to a public loan, do not intend to keep the whole, but expect to distribute it gradually with a reasonable profit. The greatest inducement, in order to...