Mr. Ambrose's Letters on the RebellionHurd & Houghton, 1865 - 246 páginas |
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Página 209 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Página 34 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Página 234 - States to the contrary notwithstanding; and that if any State, or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts or treaties, the federal Executive shall be authorized to call forth the power of the Confederated States, or so much thereof as may be necessary to enforce and compel an obedience to such Acts, or an Observance of such Treaties.
Página 234 - States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation; to negative all laws passed by the several states contravening, in the opinion of the national legislature, the Articles of Union...
Página 173 - That it is the duty of the Federal government, in all its departments, to protect, when necessary, the rights of persons and property in the Territories and wherever else its constitutional authority extends.
Página 173 - Resolved, That it is the duty of the Federal Government to protect, when necessary, the rights of persons and property on the high seas, in the Territories, or wherever else its constitutional authority extends.
Página 62 - ... solemn manner, that there should be no dissolution or alteration of that federal government without the consent of every State, the members of, and parties to, the original compact ; that therefore no alteration could be made by the consent of a part of these States, or by the consent of the inhabitants of a part of the States, which could either release the States so consenting, from the obligation they are under to the other States, or which could in any manner become obligatory upon those...
Página 178 - Convention assembled the name of that future ruler (Douglas) had been thrown into the canvass and was before the people. Instead of bringing a candidate to oppose him ; instead of creating before the people issues upon which the choice of the nation could be enlightened; instead of principles discussed, what have we seen ? An unrelenting war against the individual presumed to be the favorite of the nation, — a war waged by an army of unprincipled and unscrupulous politicians, leagued with a power...
Página 62 - ... manner, that there should be no dissolution or alteration of that federal government without the consent of every state, the members of, and parties to, the original compact — that, therefore, no alteration could be made by the consent of...
Página 178 - I am not at all discouraged by the emotion which has been attempted to be created in this body by those who have seceded from it. We, from the furthest South, were prepared. We had heard around us the rumors which were to be initiatory of the...