Men and Measures of Half a Century: Sketches and CommentsC. Scribner's Sons, 1888 - 542 Seiten |
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... the President which was not absolutely true . Mr. Sumner dis- agreed with me ... Senate were care- fully prepared , and were worthy of the close attention ... presence , a " man of mark " in the street or in an assembly . He was also a ...
... the President which was not absolutely true . Mr. Sumner dis- agreed with me ... Senate were care- fully prepared , and were worthy of the close attention ... presence , a " man of mark " in the street or in an assembly . He was also a ...
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... presence . In the United States all important offices are filled by the President , and there is scarcely a day in ... Senate of the CONGRESS AND PARLIAMENT . 453 United States is also an 452 MEN AND MEASURES OF HALF A CENTURY .
... presence . In the United States all important offices are filled by the President , and there is scarcely a day in ... Senate of the CONGRESS AND PARLIAMENT . 453 United States is also an 452 MEN AND MEASURES OF HALF A CENTURY .
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... Senate , 372 ; his inaugural speech , 372 ; his speeches while President ... present status , 490 ; former character of , 495 . Judah , Samuel , 52 . Judkins ... the President's lack of confidence in him , 304 ; difficul- ties in his way ...
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Seite 383 - States. They can, each for itself, decide on the measure, and whether it is to be adopted at once and absolutely, or introduced gradually and with conditions. In my judgment, the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain a participation in the elective franchise through the States than through the General Government, even if it had power to intervene.
Seite 499 - Congress, yet, as Congress has no power granted to it in this respect but to coin money and to regulate the value of foreign coins, it clearly has no power to substitute paper or any thing else for coin as a tender in payment of debts and in discharge of contracts.
Seite 383 - President never harboured the purpose — certainly never avowed the purpose — of disregarding it ; and in the acts of Congress, during that period, nothing can be found which, during the continuance of hostilities, much less after their close, would have sanctioned any departure by the Executive from a policy which has so uniformly obtained.
Seite 314 - By direction of the President of the United States, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.
Seite 383 - Such an act would have created a new class of voters, and would have been an assumption of power by the President which nothing in the Constitution or laws of the "United States would have warranted. " On the other hand, every danger of conflict is avoided when the settlement of the question is referred to the several States. They can, each for itself, decide on the measure, and whether it is to be adopted at once and absolutely, or introduced gradually and with conditions.
Seite 382 - Legislature.' After the formation of the Constitution, it remained, as before, the uniform usage for each State to enlarge the body of its electors, according to its own judgment ; and, under this system, one State after another has proceeded to increase the number of its electors, until now universal suffrage, or something very near it, is the general rule. So fixed was this reservation of power in the habits ol JOHNSON'S FIRST MESSAGE.
Seite 321 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Seite 174 - ... was placed when Congress attempted to make Treasury notes a legal tender. They are of too recent occurrence to justify enlarged description. Suffice it to say that a civil war was then raging which seriously threatened the overthrow of the Government, and the destruction of the Constitution itself. It demanded the equipment and support of large armies and navies, and the employment of money to an extent beyond the capacity of all ordinary sources of supply. Meanwhile the public Treasury was nearly...
Seite 499 - Most unquestionably there is no legal tender, and there can be no legal tender, in this country, under the authority of this government or any other, but gold and silver, either the coinage of our own mints, or foreign coins, at rates regulated by Congress. This is a constitutional principle perfectly plain, and of the very highest importance.
Seite 399 - The people have not heard the evidence as we have heard it. The responsibility is not on them but upon us. They have not taken an oath ' to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws.