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 Seiten |
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... resolution was passed by a vote in the House of 62 against 42 : - Resolved , That it is inexpedient for the General Assembly to take any steps for call- ing a National Convention to propose amend- ments to the Constitution , as ...
... resolution was passed by a vote in the House of 62 against 42 : - Resolved , That it is inexpedient for the General Assembly to take any steps for call- ing a National Convention to propose amend- ments to the Constitution , as ...
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... resolution in- structing the committee on the President's message to inquire if any measures could be adopted for preserving the rights of all the States under the Union , and if not , to then inquire as to the best mode of adjusting ...
... resolution in- structing the committee on the President's message to inquire if any measures could be adopted for preserving the rights of all the States under the Union , and if not , to then inquire as to the best mode of adjusting ...
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... resolution reciting the Ordinance of Seces- sion of South Carolina , and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire and report what legislation had been rendered necessary in consequence thereof . Mr. HOLMAN of Indiana ...
... resolution reciting the Ordinance of Seces- sion of South Carolina , and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire and report what legislation had been rendered necessary in consequence thereof . Mr. HOLMAN of Indiana ...
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... resolution on the table , which was rejected -yeas 89 , nays 92. Subsequently a motion — 56 . was made to reconsider this vote , and the House refusing - yeas 87 , nays 91 - to lay the motion to reconsider on the table , the motion of ...
... resolution on the table , which was rejected -yeas 89 , nays 92. Subsequently a motion — 56 . was made to reconsider this vote , and the House refusing - yeas 87 , nays 91 - to lay the motion to reconsider on the table , the motion of ...
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... resolution of inquiry passed by the House of Representatives : This resolution having been submitted to this De- partment for consideration and report , I have the honor to state , that the body of troops temporarily transferred to this ...
... resolution of inquiry passed by the House of Representatives : This resolution having been submitted to this De- partment for consideration and report , I have the honor to state , that the body of troops temporarily transferred to this ...
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Seite 109 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Seite 231 - 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.
Seite 226 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Seite 336 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Seite 108 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Seite 148 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Seite 73 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Seite 180 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Seite 229 - 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...
Seite 107 - Again, in any law upon this subject, ought not all the safeguards of liberty known in civilized and humane jurisprudence to be introduced, so that a free man be not, in any case, surrendered as a slave? And might it not be well at the same time to provide by law for the enforcement of that clause in the Constitution which guarantees that " the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States?