American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States ... During the Late Civil WarT. W. Hartley & Company, 1881 - 768 sider |
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Side xvi
... Government so young should protect the liberties of the people , for disso- lution will soon follow tyranny in a free government . JUDGE H. How would you like to write a history of the political imprisonments during the Administration ...
... Government so young should protect the liberties of the people , for disso- lution will soon follow tyranny in a free government . JUDGE H. How would you like to write a history of the political imprisonments during the Administration ...
Side xxi
... Government which would astonish him . JUDGE H. You astonish me , and have excited my desire to see such a book . I am entirely ignorant of many things of which you have talked to - night . Such a work would be very instructive , and ...
... Government which would astonish him . JUDGE H. You astonish me , and have excited my desire to see such a book . I am entirely ignorant of many things of which you have talked to - night . Such a work would be very instructive , and ...
Side xxii
... government , however specious the pretext . " AUTHOR . I thank you , my dear Judge , for the many kind suggestions you have made to me to - night , and trust they are fully appreciated . Your kindness is proverbial ; your learning ...
... government , however specious the pretext . " AUTHOR . I thank you , my dear Judge , for the many kind suggestions you have made to me to - night , and trust they are fully appreciated . Your kindness is proverbial ; your learning ...
Side xxiii
... Government by a hearty co - operation , the Gov- ernment at the same time is not depriving them of their personal rights ; for , in the language of the great English orator and statesman , Edmund Burke , " Let it be once under- stood ...
... Government by a hearty co - operation , the Gov- ernment at the same time is not depriving them of their personal rights ; for , in the language of the great English orator and statesman , Edmund Burke , " Let it be once under- stood ...
Side xxv
... government or law - by subjugation or force - by tyranny or prerogative and he is a mere machine , worked by the hand of power . It is equally true that the prosperity and superiority of the State or Nation having the elements of ...
... government or law - by subjugation or force - by tyranny or prerogative and he is a mere machine , worked by the hand of power . It is equally true that the prosperity and superiority of the State or Nation having the elements of ...
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affidavit army arrest arrived ARTICLE authority Baltimore Bastile Benedict called camp Captain cars cause charge citizen Colonel Milligan command confined Congress Constitution County Court custody DAVID MCCARTY Democratic Department Deputy Marshal Dimick discharged District duty elected Erie County Federal fellow-prisoners Fort Delaware Fort Lafayette Fort McHenry Fort Mifflin Fort Warren friends furnished gentlemen Government guard habeas corpus honor hour Illinois imprisonment incarcerated informed John Judge Advocate Lafayette land letter liberty Lieutenant Lincoln Macgill Mahony Marshal Chase Maryland ment military morning night o'clock P.M. oath offence Old Capitol Prison outrage papers parole party person political President Provost Marshal received refused release replied Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent September Seward Signed SIMON CAMERON soldiers Stevens taken tion trial United States Marshal Warren Washington William Winder writ of habeas York
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Side li - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. 'The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Side lii - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Side li - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Side xxiii - Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your government may be one thing, and their privileges another ; that these two things may exist without any mutual relation ; the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution.
Side 428 - THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Side 428 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Side lvi - President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...
Side lxix - Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred; after which, the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative...
Side 758 - That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending, or to be commenced, for any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, made, done, or committed, or acts omitted to be done, under and by virtue of such order, or under color of any law of Congress, and such defence may be made by special plea, or under the general issue.
Side lxiii - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.