The Political History of the United States of America During the Period of Reconstruction: (from April 15, 1865, to July 15, 1870,) Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses. With the Votes Thereon; Together with the Action, Congressional and State, on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and the Other Important Executive, Legislative, Politico-military, and Judicial Facts of that PeriodPhilp & Solomons, 1880 - 652 страница |
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... regard to hours . tic , and coastwise commercial intercourse be dis- continued in such parts of the States of Tennes- see , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Alabama , Mississippi , and so much of ...
... regard to hours . tic , and coastwise commercial intercourse be dis- continued in such parts of the States of Tennes- see , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Alabama , Mississippi , and so much of ...
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... regard to the adop tion of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery , and the as- sumption of the debt created to aid in the rebel- lion against the government of the United States . If the action of the ...
... regard to the adop tion of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery , and the as- sumption of the debt created to aid in the rebel- lion against the government of the United States . If the action of the ...
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... regard to the wat debt . That debt is very small , as the expendi tures of South Carolina were reimbursed by the confederate government . The debt is so mixed up with the ordinary expenses of the State that it cannot be separated . In ...
... regard to the wat debt . That debt is very small , as the expendi tures of South Carolina were reimbursed by the confederate government . The debt is so mixed up with the ordinary expenses of the State that it cannot be separated . In ...
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... regard and respect , and assure you that I can give no greater assurance regarding the settlement of this question than that I intend to discharge my duty , and in that way which shall in the earliest possible hour bring back peace to ...
... regard and respect , and assure you that I can give no greater assurance regarding the settlement of this question than that I intend to discharge my duty , and in that way which shall in the earliest possible hour bring back peace to ...
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... regard to color , might extend the elective franchise to all who possessed certain mental , moral , or such other qualifications as might be determined by an en- lightened public judgment . BOSTON , October 18 , 1865 . The above report ...
... regard to color , might extend the elective franchise to all who possessed certain mental , moral , or such other qualifications as might be determined by an en- lightened public judgment . BOSTON , October 18 , 1865 . The above report ...
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Страница 130 - 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.
Страница 235 - No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false; for the government, within the Constitution, has all the powers granted to it which are necessary to preserve its existence; as has been happily proved by the result of the great effort to throw off its...
Страница 371 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends ; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Страница 371 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Страница 270 - Resolved, that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general...
Страница 9 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of...
Страница 235 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.
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Страница 7 - The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. 'The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro...