Studies in Sociology, Economics, Politics and History, Volume 2The University Press, 1900 - Social sciences |
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... Committee . ( b ) The Minority Report of Select Committee . 74 75 76 ( a ) Reception of Petitions . 78 ( b ) The Discussion in the House .. 80 ( c ) The Discussion in the Council . 82 ( d ) The House Refuses to Concur . 86 8. The ...
... Committee . ( b ) The Minority Report of Select Committee . 74 75 76 ( a ) Reception of Petitions . 78 ( b ) The Discussion in the House .. 80 ( c ) The Discussion in the Council . 82 ( d ) The House Refuses to Concur . 86 8. The ...
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... committee of five2 be appointed to inquire into the 1 It was first located in the house of Le Roy Jackson , near the corner of Clay and Ninth streets . 2 Iowa News , Nov. 2 , 1837 . 9 condition and acts of the banks of the Territory ...
... committee of five2 be appointed to inquire into the 1 It was first located in the house of Le Roy Jackson , near the corner of Clay and Ninth streets . 2 Iowa News , Nov. 2 , 1837 . 9 condition and acts of the banks of the Territory ...
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... committee immediately proceeded to discharge the duties assigned to them by the resolution of the House . The committee stated that in consequence of the excitement , exist- ing to some extent in the public mind , which had been propa ...
... committee immediately proceeded to discharge the duties assigned to them by the resolution of the House . The committee stated that in consequence of the excitement , exist- ing to some extent in the public mind , which had been propa ...
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... committee remained in Dubuque for 28 hours , but no persons appeared before them to make any reports either in favor of or against the character of the transactions of the bank . The committee , from the investigation which they had ...
... committee remained in Dubuque for 28 hours , but no persons appeared before them to make any reports either in favor of or against the character of the transactions of the bank . The committee , from the investigation which they had ...
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... committee ( post - notes ) has received that attention which its importance demands ; and although the Bank of Mineral Point has issued and is circu- lating a kind of paper which has given rise to some suspicions of her solvency and ...
... committee ( post - notes ) has received that attention which its importance demands ; and although the Bank of Mineral Point has issued and is circu- lating a kind of paper which has given rise to some suspicions of her solvency and ...
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Page 101 - Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits ; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character ; of doing as we like, subject to such consequences as may follow : without impediment from our fellow-creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though. they should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.
Page 140 - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever...
Page 191 - For the right moment you must wait, as Fabius did most patiently, when warring against Hannibal, though many censured his delays ; but when the time comes you must strike hard, as Fabius did, or your waiting will be in vain, and fruitless.
Page 101 - It comprises, first, the inward domain of consciousness; demanding liberty of conscience, in the most comprehensive sense; liberty of thought and feeling; absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral, or theological.
Page 99 - That there are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social compact cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life • and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 126 - II. The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance of oppression.
Page 103 - I confess I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on each other's heels, which form the existing type of social life, are the most desirable lot of human kind, or anything but the disagreeable symptoms of one of the phases of industrial progress.
Page 123 - Corporations shall not be created in this State by special laws, except for political or municipal purposes ; but the General Assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all other corporations, except corporations with banking privileges, the creation of which is prohibited. The stockholders shall be subject to such liabilities and restrictions as shall be provided by law. The State shall not, directly or indirectly, become a stockholder in any corporation.
Page 141 - That, in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved ; but it...
Page 91 - There would be an end of everything, were the same man or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.