The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great Rebellion: Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, the Three Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, with the Votes Thereon, and the Important Executive, Judicial, and Politico-military Facts of that Eventful Period; Together with the Organization, Legislation, and General Proceedings of the Rebel Administration; and an Appendix Containing the Principal Political Facts of the Campaign of 1864, a Chapter on the Church and the Rebellion, and the Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth CongressPhilp & Solomons, 1865 - 653 sider |
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... United Carolina adopted two papers , one reported States Constitution the word " Confederacy " is substi- tuted . THE FOLLOWING ARE THE ADDITIONS . 1st . The President may veto any separate appropria- tion without vetoing the whole bill ...
... United Carolina adopted two papers , one reported States Constitution the word " Confederacy " is substi- tuted . THE FOLLOWING ARE THE ADDITIONS . 1st . The President may veto any separate appropria- tion without vetoing the whole bill ...
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... United States , have been laid with a view of subserving the interests of the North . The people of the South have been taxed by duties on imports , not for revenue , but for an object in consistent with revenue - to promote , by ...
... United States , have been laid with a view of subserving the interests of the North . The people of the South have been taxed by duties on imports , not for revenue , but for an object in consistent with revenue - to promote , by ...
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... United States ! Circumstances beyond our control , have placed us in the van of the great controversy between the Northern and Southern States . We would have preferred , that other States should have assumed the position we now occupy ...
... United States ! Circumstances beyond our control , have placed us in the van of the great controversy between the Northern and Southern States . We would have preferred , that other States should have assumed the position we now occupy ...
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... United States . division of all other property held by the Government of the United States as agent of the Confederated States of which South Carolina was recently a member , and gen- erally to negotiate as to all other measures and ...
... United States . division of all other property held by the Government of the United States as agent of the Confederated States of which South Carolina was recently a member , and gen- erally to negotiate as to all other measures and ...
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... United States for the detention of fugitive slaves . NEW YORK . The State of New York has passed no laws having relation to the United States fugitive slave act of 1850. Though pressed frequently upon the Legislature , they have always ...
... United States for the detention of fugitive slaves . NEW YORK . The State of New York has passed no laws having relation to the United States fugitive slave act of 1850. Though pressed frequently upon the Legislature , they have always ...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ... Edward McPherson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1865 |
The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion Edward McPherson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1865 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Am'd Ambrose W amendment Ancona arms army arrest authority bill Blair citizens civil Clark command Committee Confederate Congress Conkling Constitution Convention Court Crittenden Davis declared Department district duty election ernment Executive existing Federal Fessenden force Fort Sumter fugitive slave fugitive slave law Government habeas corpus hereby House imprisonment insurrection James John judge Kellogg Legislature liberty loyal ment military Morrill naval Navy nays NAYS-Messrs oath officers Ohio opinion peace persons Pomeroy Postmaster present President proclamation public safety punishment purpose question rebel rebellion require resolution Rice Roscoe Conkling Saulsbury secede secession Secretary Secretary of War Senate service or labor slavery South Carolina Southern stitution Sumter suspend territory thereof Thomas tion treason Union United Vallandigham Virginia vote Washburne Washington William William G William Kellogg William N. H. Smith Wilson words writ of habeas YEAS-Messrs
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Side 106 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Side 226 - ... thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Side 106 - I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Side 106 - It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution. During that period, fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the Executive branch of the government. They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope for precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years, under great and peculiar difficulty. A disruption of the...
Side 97 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Side 89 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Side 136 - The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.
Side 106 - The mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in all parts of the Union. So far as possible, the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection.
Side 225 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Side 97 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.