Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 halaman |
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... Pacific roads to apply on the interest due to government on subsidy bonds , has been repealed , and he may now retain and apply the whole amount . Suit has also been brought against the Union Pacific com- pany because of its dishonest ...
... Pacific roads to apply on the interest due to government on subsidy bonds , has been repealed , and he may now retain and apply the whole amount . Suit has also been brought against the Union Pacific com- pany because of its dishonest ...
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... Pacific railroad , beginning at Council Bluffs and ter- minating at San Francisco . The charter for this road was granted in 1862 , at a time when the country was at war ; when it would be natural to presume that the government had no ...
... Pacific railroad , beginning at Council Bluffs and ter- minating at San Francisco . The charter for this road was granted in 1862 , at a time when the country was at war ; when it would be natural to presume that the government had no ...
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... apt illustra- tion of all others receiving aid from government , we ask the reader's attention to some of its more remarkable features . CHAPTER II . THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INIQUITY . Ο N 18 MONOPOLIES AND THE PEOPLE .
... apt illustra- tion of all others receiving aid from government , we ask the reader's attention to some of its more remarkable features . CHAPTER II . THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INIQUITY . Ο N 18 MONOPOLIES AND THE PEOPLE .
Halaman 19
D. C. Cloud. CHAPTER II . THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INIQUITY . Ο N the first day of July , A. D. 1862 , the charter of the Union Pacific railroad was passed . It contains , among others , the following provisions , to - wit : -- " SECTION 2 ...
D. C. Cloud. CHAPTER II . THE PACIFIC RAILROAD INIQUITY . Ο N the first day of July , A. D. 1862 , the charter of the Union Pacific railroad was passed . It contains , among others , the following provisions , to - wit : -- " SECTION 2 ...
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... Pacific railroad charter , and amendments , were " conceived in sin , and brought forth in iniquity ; " that , in its provisions and grants , it pre- sents a state of facts which stamps the whole scheme as a base fraud upon the public ...
... Pacific railroad charter , and amendments , were " conceived in sin , and brought forth in iniquity ; " that , in its provisions and grants , it pre- sents a state of facts which stamps the whole scheme as a base fraud upon the public ...
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Halaman 356 - ... legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt...
Halaman 87 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found it necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Halaman 386 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances.
Halaman 394 - If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
Halaman 206 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Halaman 421 - That government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.
Halaman 279 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Halaman 363 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Halaman 373 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold a>nd silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Halaman 373 - States to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts, when Mr.