 | United States. Supreme Court - 1855 - 702 pages
...important functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit,...fatal atrophy, and in a short course of time perish." " This power is not to be distinguished, in any particular material to the 'present inquiry, from the... | |
 | 1857 - 504 pages
...essential functions. A complete power therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit,...government must sink into a fatal atrophy, and in a sfyort course of time perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - 1863 - 770 pages
...be interwoven, in the frame of the Government, a general power of taxation, in one shape or another. Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital...fatal atrophy, and, in a short course of time, perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1864 - 776 pages
...be interwoven, in the frame of the Government, a general power of taxation, in one shape or another. Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital...fatal atrophy, and, in a short course of time, perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives... | |
 | 1864 - 786 pages
...politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential L functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure...fatal atrophy, and, in a short course of time, perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1864 - 850 pages
...essential functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit...fatal atrophy, and in a short course of time perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1864 - 724 pages
...essential functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit,...deficiency in this particular, one of two evils must necessarily ensue ; either the people must be subjected to continual plunder, or the government must... | |
 | 1865 - 696 pages
...Government, a general power of taxation, in one shape or another. Money is, with propriety, considered^as the vital principle of the body politic ; as that...fatal atrophy, and, in a short course of time, perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1869 - 866 pages
...regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit may bo regarded as an indispensable ingredient in every constitution....fatal atrophy, and in a short course of time perish. In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1869 - 740 pages
...essential functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of revenue, as far as the resources of the community will permit,...deficiency in this particular, one of two evils must necessarily ensue ; either the people must be subjected to continual plunder, or the government must... | |
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A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of it, as far as the resources of the community will permit, may be regarded as an indispensable ingredient in every constitution. From a deficiency in this particular, one of two evils... 
