Emancipation: Its Course and Progress: From 1481 B.C. to 1875 A. D., with a Review of President Lincoln's Proclamations, the XIII Amendment, and the Progress of the Freed People Since Emancipation; with a History of the Emancipation MonumentNormal School Steam Power Press Print, 1882 - 242 sider |
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Emancipation: Its Course and Progress: From 1481 B.C. to 1875 A. D., with a ... Joseph Thomas Wilson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1882 |
Emancipation: Its Course and Progress: From 1481 B.C. to 1875 A. D., with a ... Joseph Thomas Wilson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1882 |
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Side 208 - the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto, at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion
Side 238 - States, than according to the rules of common law. ARTICLE VIII. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. ARTICLE IX. The enumeration in this Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
Side 53 - gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid to be used by such State at its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.' " If the proposition contained in the resolution docs not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the
Side 208 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commanderin-chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority
Side 176 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Side 53 - 1 recommend the adoption of a joint resolution by your honorable bodies which shall be substantially as follows : " ' Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid to be used by such State
Side 224 - for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided, The Senate shall choose their other Officers,
Side 61 - of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the Legislatures or Conventions of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures or Conventions, to be valid as part or parts of the said Constitution, namely:
Side 68 - well poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation ;while I fear that there will be some white men unable to forget that with malignant heart and deceitful speech they have striven to hinder it. Still let us not be over sanguine of a speedy final triumph. Let us be quite sober. Let us