| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 444 pages
..."Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin ; but no slate shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." These provisions respect the medium of payment, or standard of value,... | |
| Political science - 1819 - 480 pages
...exclusively regulate the currency of the country. In the first article of that instrument, it is provided that " Congress Shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, aud of foreign coin." And further, in the same article, it is ordained that " No state shall coin money,... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...this: " Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin; btU no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." These provisions respect th« medium of payment, or standard of value,... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1833 - 850 pages
...following extracts from the constitution of the United States : The 5th paragraph, section 8, article 1, declares that Congress shall have power " to coin money, regulate the ' value thereof, and of foreign corn, and ' fix the standard of weights and measures.'1 The first paragraph, .section... | |
| Horace Binney - 1834 - 172 pages
...devolves on Congress, in respect to the circulating medium. I can only say, sir, how I understand it. The constitution declares that Congress shall have...State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." Congress, then, and Congress only,... | |
| Great Britain - 1834 - 426 pages
...extracts from " the constitution of the United States : " The 5th paragraph, section 8, ar" tide 1, declares that Congress shall " have power ' to coin money, regulate " ' the value thereof, and of foreign " ' com, and fix the standard of weights " ' and measures.' The first paragraph, " section... | |
| 1834 - 186 pages
...all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers:" and that " no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts." This power over the monetary system is... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 968 pages
...and palpable violation of that part of the tenth section ot the Federal Constitution, which provides that " no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, [or] make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." This important provision of the Federal... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1835 - 1166 pages
...this: " Congress shall hare power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin; bvt no State shall coin money', emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold andbiher coin a tender inpayment of debts.'' These provisions respect the medium of payment, or standard... | |
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