Speech of Ephraim Banks, Esq., of Mifflin: Delivered in the Convention, to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania, December 22, 1837. In Support of an Amendment to Prohibit Banks from Issuing Notes of a Less Denomination Than Ten Dollars, as Offered by Mr. Read of SusquehannaJ. Wilbank, 1838 - 15 sidor |
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... land- ed estate , worth one hundred thousand dollars . His fields are cultivated by fifty or sixty rag- ged miserable laborers ; to whom he gives twelve dollars a month one year , because they cannot be procured at a cheaper rate ...
... land- ed estate , worth one hundred thousand dollars . His fields are cultivated by fifty or sixty rag- ged miserable laborers ; to whom he gives twelve dollars a month one year , because they cannot be procured at a cheaper rate ...
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... land is fertile beyond conception , and repays , with abundant harvests , the careless labors of the most indolent culti- vator . Where men find it so easy to supply all their necessities , there is nothing will in- duce them to sweat ...
... land is fertile beyond conception , and repays , with abundant harvests , the careless labors of the most indolent culti- vator . Where men find it so easy to supply all their necessities , there is nothing will in- duce them to sweat ...
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... land : so the discourse became political ; and you were forgotten . But , my dear Piomingo , what is the use of walking for ever ? Let us make a halt at some of these watering places , and refresh ourselves . Piomingo . How shall we ...
... land : so the discourse became political ; and you were forgotten . But , my dear Piomingo , what is the use of walking for ever ? Let us make a halt at some of these watering places , and refresh ourselves . Piomingo . How shall we ...
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... land of his fathers than is consistent with the alle- giance he owes to the country which affords him protection . Piomingo . Are you a democrat ? Frank . Pray to him " that giveth under- standing to the simple , " Piomingo , lest you ...
... land of his fathers than is consistent with the alle- giance he owes to the country which affords him protection . Piomingo . Are you a democrat ? Frank . Pray to him " that giveth under- standing to the simple , " Piomingo , lest you ...
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... land of slaves should presume to regulate the affairs of a people who are said to be free ! Piomingo . Should they not enjoy the pri viliges of citizenship ? Frank . That depends on the measure of your faith . Many years have passed ...
... land of slaves should presume to regulate the affairs of a people who are said to be free ! Piomingo . Should they not enjoy the pri viliges of citizenship ? Frank . That depends on the measure of your faith . Many years have passed ...
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Sida 9 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Sida 113 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Sida 80 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Sida 41 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Sida 2 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Sida 40 - And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Sida 10 - Yet, Freedom ! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind; Thy trumpet voice, though broken now and dying, The loudest still the tempest leaves behind; Thy tree hath lost its blossoms, and the rind...
Sida 7 - Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings —yet the dead are there...
Sida 23 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator...
Sida 6 - ... of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively, on entering into the constitutional compact, which formed the union and as such are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn obligations, moral and religious.