Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, Део 3Government Pint. Office, 1866 - 822 страница Committee on the part of the Senate: William P. Fessenden, and others. Committee on the part of the House: Thaddeus Stevens, and others. |
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... organizing a separate government , and by levying war against the United States , they destroyed their State ... organize civil governments , nor to exercise any authority except that which inhered in their own persons under their ...
... organizing a separate government , and by levying war against the United States , they destroyed their State ... organize civil governments , nor to exercise any authority except that which inhered in their own persons under their ...
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... organized local govern- ments , and some of them had acceded to the terms proposed by him . In his annual message he stated , in general terms , what had been done , but he did not see fit to communicate the details for the information ...
... organized local govern- ments , and some of them had acceded to the terms proposed by him . In his annual message he stated , in general terms , what had been done , but he did not see fit to communicate the details for the information ...
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... organized form , and thus dissolve their political relations with the United States . That taxation should be only with the consent of the taxed , through their own representatives , is a cardinal principle of all free governments ; but ...
... organized form , and thus dissolve their political relations with the United States . That taxation should be only with the consent of the taxed , through their own representatives , is a cardinal principle of all free governments ; but ...
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... organized . Long usage has established , and nu- merous statutes have pointed out , the mode in which this should be done . A convention to frame a form of government should be assembled under competent authority . Ordinarily , this ...
... organized . Long usage has established , and nu- merous statutes have pointed out , the mode in which this should be done . A convention to frame a form of government should be assembled under competent authority . Ordinarily , this ...
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... organized under the provisions thereof , which said provisions , and the laws passed in pursuance thereof , proclaim and denote loyalty to the Union ; and whereas the people of Tennessee are found to be in a condition to exercise the ...
... organized under the provisions thereof , which said provisions , and the laws passed in pursuance thereof , proclaim and denote loyalty to the Union ; and whereas the people of Tennessee are found to be in a condition to exercise the ...
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Страница 80 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Страница 184 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Страница 6 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Страница 82 - The powers of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to- wit : Those which are legislative, to one ; those which are executive, to another ; and those which are judicial, to another.
Страница 85 - Each of the officers in this article named, excepting the Speaker of the Assembly, shall, at stated times during his continuance in office, receive for his services a compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he receive to his use any fees or perquisites of office or other compensation.
Страница 81 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Страница 89 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Страница 81 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Страница 86 - In cases of treason he shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to grant reprieves -and pardons, and he may, in the recess of the senate, respite the sentence until the end of the next session of the general assembly.
Страница xxiii - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.