American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century, Količina 1

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1903
 

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Stran 16 - and trade of said States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when unanimously ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same.
Stran 291 - as follows : — To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprise and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation.
Stran 50 - used the following language : — A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined ; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite ; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies. In
Stran 285 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of the government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid,
Stran 99 - caverns ; — I am proud to say I am not one of these. Experience has taught me that manufactures are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort ; and if those who quote me as of a different opinion will keep pace with me in purchasing nothing foreign, when an equivalent of domestic fabric can be obtained
Stran 9 - and general welfare of the United States. To borrow money on the credit of the United States. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with the Indian tribes. On
Stran 307 - After the extinction of the public debt it is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff upon principles satisfactory to the people of the Union will until a remote period, if ever, leave the government without a considerable surplus in the treasury beyond what may be required for its current service.
Stran 65 - 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. 5.
Stran 291 - favored individuals to aid private enterprise and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. 1
Stran 306 - The general rule to be applied in graduating the duties upon articles of foreign growth or manufacture is that which will place our own in fair competition with those of other countries ; and the inducements to advance even a step beyond this point are controlling in regard to those articles which are of prime necessity in

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