And I would be especially remiss if I didn't discharge right now one personal debt of gratitude.

如果我不先向你们表达我的感激之情，我就太过轻慢了。

There were none bold enough to dissent from the proposition that revenue must be provided to pay current expenses and discharge the public debt.

——没有人敢于反对必须提供收入来支付日常开支和清偿公共债务的提议。

During the war, the Western farmers had been able to dispose of their produce at high prices and thus discharge their debts with comparative ease;but after the war prices declined.

战争期间，西方农民能够以高价出售他们的产品，从而相对容易地清偿债务；但战后价格下降。