America and Her Resources: Or, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing, Financial, Political, Literary, Moral and Religious Capacity and Character of the American People |
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... labours under all the peculiar circumstances of national infancy - a thin and a scattered population over an immense extent of territory . The unfinished condition of its social habits , the fluctuation of its political institutions ...
... labours under all the peculiar circumstances of national infancy - a thin and a scattered population over an immense extent of territory . The unfinished condition of its social habits , the fluctuation of its political institutions ...
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... labour , averaging , at least , double the rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; so com- paratively scanty the population ; so great the demand for all kinds of work ; so vast the quantity , and so low the price of land ; so ...
... labour , averaging , at least , double the rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; so com- paratively scanty the population ; so great the demand for all kinds of work ; so vast the quantity , and so low the price of land ; so ...
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... labour , time , and expense , necessary to ascend the rapid stream of the Mississippi , the nature of whose banks , annually overflowed on a breadth of several miles , precludes the possibility of towing paths . So that whilst the ...
... labour , time , and expense , necessary to ascend the rapid stream of the Mississippi , the nature of whose banks , annually overflowed on a breadth of several miles , precludes the possibility of towing paths . So that whilst the ...
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... labours of Denmark , Sweden , Russia , and the commercial parts of Germany , to which add the efforts of Spain and Portugal . Hence have arisen , during the last three years , both in the United States and in the British Isles , very ...
... labours of Denmark , Sweden , Russia , and the commercial parts of Germany , to which add the efforts of Spain and Portugal . Hence have arisen , during the last three years , both in the United States and in the British Isles , very ...
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... labour here average more than double their rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; and land is plentiful , cheap , and fertile ; so that those who are straitened and embarrassed in the large cities , have only to fall back into ...
... labour here average more than double their rate in England , and quadruple that in France ; and land is plentiful , cheap , and fertile ; so that those who are straitened and embarrassed in the large cities , have only to fall back into ...
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Page 159 - sign, certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the President of the senate, who, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, opens all the certificates, and the votes are counted.
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Page 156 - without consent of Congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. The
Page 131 - been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during such time ; and no person, holding any office under the United States, can be a member of either house during his continuance in office. The
Page 137 - and with the Indian tribes ; to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; to coin money, and regulate its value and that of foreign coin, and fix the standard
Page 175 - The judicial power extends to all cases in law and equity arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made under their authority ; to all cases
Page 197 - United States, or of any particular state. The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government, and protect each of them against invasion; and
Page 369 - of the bee, Still slowly passed the melancholy day, And still the stranger wist not where to stray ; The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man, the hermit, sigh'd till woman smil'd.
Page 137 - coin of the United States; to establish post-offices and post-roads ; to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries ; to constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court; to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations; to declare
Page 156 - Comparative View of the Constitutions of the several states with each other, and with that of the United States, exhibiting, in tables, the prominent features of each Constitution, and classing together their most important provisions, under the several heads of administration, with notes and observations.