A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Mr. Stephens's union speech of 1860 the subject on which the discussion beginsNational Publishing Company, 1868 - 862 sider This book presents Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, views on the constitutional reasons for the Civil War. |
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... ARGUMENT - IS A CONFEDERATED GOVERNMENT TOO WEAK TO SECURE ITS OBJECTS - ON THE CONTRARY , IS IT NOT THE STRONGEST OF ALL GOVERNMENTS - THE OPINIONS OF MR . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND MR . JEFFERSON - IN SECESSION WAS INVOLVED THIS GREAT ...
... ARGUMENT - IS A CONFEDERATED GOVERNMENT TOO WEAK TO SECURE ITS OBJECTS - ON THE CONTRARY , IS IT NOT THE STRONGEST OF ALL GOVERNMENTS - THE OPINIONS OF MR . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND MR . JEFFERSON - IN SECESSION WAS INVOLVED THIS GREAT ...
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... argument of the Senator , though he could not doubt that he ( Mr. D. ) had taken an en- tirely erroneous view of the subject . It was sufficient that the power of Congress extended simply to the establishment of an uniform rule by which ...
... argument of the Senator , though he could not doubt that he ( Mr. D. ) had taken an en- tirely erroneous view of the subject . It was sufficient that the power of Congress extended simply to the establishment of an uniform rule by which ...
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... argument be necessary to show the prevailing opinion at that time , I refer you to a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States , made in 1796. In this case , Ware , etc. vs. Hilton , etc. , 3d Dallas , 199 , Judge Chase says ...
... argument be necessary to show the prevailing opinion at that time , I refer you to a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States , made in 1796. In this case , Ware , etc. vs. Hilton , etc. , 3d Dallas , 199 , Judge Chase says ...
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... argument is about to be founded . " Now it is apparent , that none of the colonies before the Revolution were , in the most large and general sense , independent , or Sovereign communities . They were all originally settled under , and ...
... argument is about to be founded . " Now it is apparent , that none of the colonies before the Revolution were , in the most large and general sense , independent , or Sovereign communities . They were all originally settled under , and ...
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... arguments , our right to Inde- pendence , and the tyranny which compelled us to assert it , the Declaration is made in the following words : " We , therefore , the Representatives of the United States , etc. , do , in the name , etc ...
... arguments , our right to Inde- pendence , and the tyranny which compelled us to assert it , the Declaration is made in the following words : " We , therefore , the Representatives of the United States , etc. , do , in the name , etc ...
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A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its ..., Volum 1 Alexander Hamilton Stephens Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Mr. Stephens's ... Alexander Hamilton Stephens Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its ..., Volum 1 Alexander Hamilton Stephens Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
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Side 543 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from, time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Side 537 - II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Side 543 - ... or military operations as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a State, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several States.
Side 214 - September, did resolve unanimously, "that the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided In that case...
Side 546 - Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Side 537 - Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Side 538 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state. ARTICLE V. For the more convenient management of the general interest of the United States...
Side 540 - Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth Article ; of sending and receiving ambassadors ; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made, whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of...
Side 96 - In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress ; and the members of Congress shall be protected...
Side 539 - ... been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the united states in congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
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