 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 444 pages
...tender in payment of future debts? This nobody pretends. But what ground is tnere for я distinction? No state shall make anything but gold and silver a tender in Ogden v. Saunders. the payment of debts, nor pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. '»2521... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...tender in payment of future debts? 1 his nobody pretends. But what ground is there for a distinction? No State shall make anything but gold and silver a tender in the payment of debts, nor pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Now, by what reasoning... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1842 - 794 pages
...the value of foreign coins," and when they forbade the states to ''coin money, emit bills of credit, make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts," or "pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." If they did not guard more explicitly against... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 666 pages
...386; 6 Cranch, 87; 2 Story Const., p. 236, sec. 1385; Smith Const. Law, p. 384, src. 252. No State can make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts. Const. US, art. 1, sec. 10. See, also, dissenting opinion in 10 Howard, 2OJ. Dan W. Jones, Attorney... | |
 | Edward Kellogg - Currency question - 1849 - 322 pages
...standard of weights and measures." Sec. X., 1., " No State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts." It is clear that by the Constitution, Congress has the right to coin money, and regulate its value;... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...Constitution, it is declared, among other things, that no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts. What, Sir, is a bill of credit ? Will it be contended that a bank bill is not a bill of credit i They... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1853 - 720 pages
...exercising certain powers. Among other things they are not permitted "to coin money; emit billsof credit; make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts," &c. Although 1 am not disposed, in this place, to contest the right claimed by the several Slates to... | |
 | Nancy N. Scott - Judges - 1856 - 468 pages
...standard of weights and measures. No State shall have power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts. From these sections some have argued, the Constitution intended to give Congress the power over the... | |
 | Nancy N. Scott - Judges - 1856 - 478 pages
...monetary system of the United States. A third, that the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, and to make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts is expressly taken from the States ; and, that therefore, Congress must have the power now claimed,... | |
 | Iowa, Iowa. Constitutional Convention - Constitituional law - 1857 - 656 pages
...alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; emit bills of credit ; make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts ; or grant any... | |
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The power to make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts is withdrawn from the States on the same principle with that of issuing a paper currency. 
