A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volumen6authority of Congress, 1897 |
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... ports , she will be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels , who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning , and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port she ...
... ports , she will be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels , who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning , and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port she ...
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... ports of the States of South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Alabama , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Texas was ordered to be established ; and Whereas since that date public property of the United States has been seized , the collection ...
... ports of the States of South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Alabama , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Texas was ordered to be established ; and Whereas since that date public property of the United States has been seized , the collection ...
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... ports of the insurrectionary districts by proceedings in the nature of blockade . So far all was believed to be strictly legal . At this point the insurrectionists announced their purpose to enter upon the practice of privateering ...
... ports of the insurrectionary districts by proceedings in the nature of blockade . So far all was believed to be strictly legal . At this point the insurrectionists announced their purpose to enter upon the practice of privateering ...
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... port of the United States will be forfeited to the United States ; and I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys , marshals , and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States to be vigilant in the ...
... port of the United States will be forfeited to the United States ; and I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys , marshals , and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States to be vigilant in the ...
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... to the more deliberate action of the Legislature . In the exercise of my best discretion I have adhered to the blockade of the ports held by the insurgents , instead of putting 54 Messages and Papers of the Presidents.
... to the more deliberate action of the Legislature . In the exercise of my best discretion I have adhered to the blockade of the ports held by the insurgents , instead of putting 54 Messages and Papers of the Presidents.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN accompanying act of Congress ad interim Adjutant-General aforesaid amendment America ANDREW JOHNSON answer appointed approved April Army authority bill Brevet Carolina caused the seal citizens city of Washington civil command Commissioner communication convention copy courts December declared Department Department of War District duty election entitled An act EXECUTIVE MANSION exercise February Federal force Government governor Grant hand and caused hereby hereunto set House of Representatives impeachment Indians instant insurrection January July June land legislation Lorenzo Thomas loyal Major-General March ment military naval Navy oath peace persons ports present President proclamation purpose rebel rebellion received relation requesting resolution respect Secretary Secretary of War Senate Senate and House set my hand SEWARD South Carolina Stanton Territory thereof tion transmit a report transmit herewith Treasury treaty ultimo Union United vote War Department WASHINGTON Whereas WILLIAM H
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Página 6 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion— no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 104 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force ; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community ; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels, and modified by mutual...
Página 105 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 275 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Página 105 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 447 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 95 - That on the first day of January, in the year of "our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty"three, all persons held as slaves within any State or "designated part of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States, shall "be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Página 154 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Página 105 - It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is...
Página 130 - The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each. This, I think, cannot be perfectly cured, and it would be worse in both cases after the separation of the sections than before.