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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... position had given them the best means of forming an accurate judgment , who could state facts from their own ... positions as States , and consequently the people thereof have a right to immediate representation in Congress without the ...
... position had given them the best means of forming an accurate judgment , who could state facts from their own ... positions as States , and consequently the people thereof have a right to immediate representation in Congress without the ...
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... position distinct from all the other insur- rectionary States , and has been the subject of a separate report which your committee have not thought it expedient to disturb . Whether Congress shall see fit to make that State the subject ...
... position distinct from all the other insur- rectionary States , and has been the subject of a separate report which your committee have not thought it expedient to disturb . Whether Congress shall see fit to make that State the subject ...
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... position in the Union . My constant effort has been to save it - not to destroy it ; but the rebellious sentiments of the people often interposed obstacles which had to be overcome by military power . The task was painful , but the duty ...
... position in the Union . My constant effort has been to save it - not to destroy it ; but the rebellious sentiments of the people often interposed obstacles which had to be overcome by military power . The task was painful , but the duty ...
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... position , and had the well - earned reputation of the Volunteer State ; and Whereas by the treason of one Isham G. Harris , ex - governor of Tennessee , the State has lost millions of dollars , and thousands of the young men of the ...
... position , and had the well - earned reputation of the Volunteer State ; and Whereas by the treason of one Isham G. Harris , ex - governor of Tennessee , the State has lost millions of dollars , and thousands of the young men of the ...
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... position are in daily inter- course or communication with all parts of the State , and with citizens of all ties and classes . They claim to speak not from hearsay or report , but as witnesses admissible in court . par- The predominant ...
... position are in daily inter- course or communication with all parts of the State , and with citizens of all ties and classes . They claim to speak not from hearsay or report , but as witnesses admissible in court . par- The predominant ...
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Страница 92 - 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 95 - Assembly, shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Страница 93 - 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 iv - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
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 93 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Страница 94 - 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 92 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Страница iii - Senate, who shall inquire into the condition of the States which formed the so-called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or any of them are entitled to be represented in either House of Congress...
Страница 93 - 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.