The Life of George Washington, Količina 4Merrill & Baker, 1920 |
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Stran 153
... debt in a con- dition to be paid off . The credit of the country was at a low ebb . The confederacy , by its articles , had the power of con- tracting debts for a national object , but no control over the means of payment . Thirteen ...
... debt in a con- dition to be paid off . The credit of the country was at a low ebb . The confederacy , by its articles , had the power of con- tracting debts for a national object , but no control over the means of payment . Thirteen ...
Stran 154
... debt , when thus transferred , lost its commanding ap- peal to patriotic sympathy ; but remained as obligatory in the eye of justice . In public newspapers , however , and in private circles , the propriety of a discrimination between ...
... debt , when thus transferred , lost its commanding ap- peal to patriotic sympathy ; but remained as obligatory in the eye of justice . In public newspapers , however , and in private circles , the propriety of a discrimination between ...
Stran 155
... debt and punctuality in the payment of interest , that the domestic creditors submit to an abatement of accruing ... debts , as tending to consolidation , as giving an undue influence to the general gov ernment , and as being of doubtful ...
... debt and punctuality in the payment of interest , that the domestic creditors submit to an abatement of accruing ... debts , as tending to consolidation , as giving an undue influence to the general gov ernment , and as being of doubtful ...
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