Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 halaman |
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... silver mines are in themselves an exception to the general rule , and where agriculture has but few followers . The advocates of the railroad land grant and subsidy bond system for the settlement of a country have the following to say ...
... silver mines are in themselves an exception to the general rule , and where agriculture has but few followers . The advocates of the railroad land grant and subsidy bond system for the settlement of a country have the following to say ...
Halaman 214
... silver - or , what is called the precious metals . Bank bills , treasury notes , bills of exchange , and all kinds of commercial paper are only valuable as the representatives of money . The fact that they are expected to be converted ...
... silver - or , what is called the precious metals . Bank bills , treasury notes , bills of exchange , and all kinds of commercial paper are only valuable as the representatives of money . The fact that they are expected to be converted ...
Halaman 215
... silver a legal tender was unconstitutional . Before the decision was announced Justice Grier resigned , leaving but six associates on the bench when the opinion was delivered . Chief Justice Chase delivered the opinion , and , in ...
... silver a legal tender was unconstitutional . Before the decision was announced Justice Grier resigned , leaving but six associates on the bench when the opinion was delivered . Chief Justice Chase delivered the opinion , and , in ...
Halaman 219
... silver ; the other , the standard of fluctuating paper , of no intrinsic value , liable to be inflated or depressed , as shall best subserve the interests of the parties who , by com- bining , have got such absolute control of the ...
... silver ; the other , the standard of fluctuating paper , of no intrinsic value , liable to be inflated or depressed , as shall best subserve the interests of the parties who , by com- bining , have got such absolute control of the ...
Halaman 223
... silver are and must remain the standard of val- ues . This being true , any attempt to substitute any oth- er standard unsettles values , and opens avenues for reck- less speculation . Bank bills , or other promises to pay , are and ...
... silver are and must remain the standard of val- ues . This being true , any attempt to substitute any oth- er standard unsettles values , and opens avenues for reck- less speculation . Bank bills , or other promises to pay , are and ...
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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.