A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Band 5Bureau of national literature, 1897 |
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... district the proportion of 20,000 acres has been granted will probably insist that the proceeds shall be expended within its limits . There will undoubtedly be a struggle between different localities in each State concerning the ...
... district the proportion of 20,000 acres has been granted will probably insist that the proceeds shall be expended within its limits . There will undoubtedly be a struggle between different localities in each State concerning the ...
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... District of Columbia . Surely the city bearing the name of Washington , and destined , I trust , for ages to be the capital of our united , free , and prosperous Confederacy , has strong claims on our favorable regard . JAMES BUCHANAN ...
... District of Columbia . Surely the city bearing the name of Washington , and destined , I trust , for ages to be the capital of our united , free , and prosperous Confederacy , has strong claims on our favorable regard . JAMES BUCHANAN ...
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... district of Florida . The question which now demands immediate decision is , What disposi- tion shall be made of these Africans ? In the annual message to Con- gress of December 6 , 1858 , I expressed my opinion in regard to the ...
... district of Florida . The question which now demands immediate decision is , What disposi- tion shall be made of these Africans ? In the annual message to Con- gress of December 6 , 1858 , I expressed my opinion in regard to the ...
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... district of Florida to the Secretary of the Interior , the cost of providing temporary quarters for them will be $ 2,500 and the aggregate expenses for the single month of May will amount to $ 12,000 . But this is far from being the ...
... district of Florida to the Secretary of the Interior , the cost of providing temporary quarters for them will be $ 2,500 and the aggregate expenses for the single month of May will amount to $ 12,000 . But this is far from being the ...
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... district judge , a district attorney , or a marshal in South Carolina . In fact , the whole machinery of the Federal Government necessary for the distribution of remedial justice among the people has been demolished , and it would be ...
... district judge , a district attorney , or a marshal in South Carolina . In fact , the whole machinery of the Federal Government necessary for the distribution of remedial justice among the people has been demolished , and it would be ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN accompanying act of Congress ad interim aforesaid amendment America ANDREW JOHNSON appointed approved Army authority bill Carolina caused the seal citizens city of Washington civil command commissioners convention copy courts December declare deemed Department district duty election entitled An act EXECUTIVE MANSION exercise existing February Federal force foreign Government Grant hand and caused hereby hereunto set House of Representatives Indians instant insurrection JAMES BUCHANAN January John Wilkes Booth July June land legislation legislature loyal Major-General March ment military naval Navy oath officers peace persons ports present President proclamation proper purpose ratification rebellion received Republic requesting resolution respective Secretary Secretary of War Senate Senate and House set my hand SEWARD slaves South Carolina Stanton Territory thereof tion transmit a report transmit herewith Treasury treaty ultimo Union United vessels vote War Department Whereas WILLIAM H
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Seite 3359 - Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Seite 3456 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him ? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge...
Seite 3310 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that...
Seite 3300 - 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 3359 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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 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...
Seite 3211 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you...
Seite 3310 - It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended...
Seite 3337 - The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each. This, I think, cannot be perfectly cured, and it would be worse in both cases after the separation of the sections than before.
Seite 3210 - It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, " to form a more perfect Union.