American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States ... During the Late Civil WarT. W. Hartley & Company, 1881 - 768 páginas |
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... is to be hoped that the men in power , who have abused the confidence of the people , will soon be displaced . AUTHOR . Your language in reference to " abusing the confidence of the people , " reminds me very forcibly PREFACE . xiii.
... is to be hoped that the men in power , who have abused the confidence of the people , will soon be displaced . AUTHOR . Your language in reference to " abusing the confidence of the people , " reminds me very forcibly PREFACE . xiii.
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... soon follow tyranny in a free government . JUDGE H. How would you like to write a history of the political imprisonments during the Administration of the late Mr. Lincoln ? AUTHOR . My dear Judge , I should prefer to write a brighter ...
... soon follow tyranny in a free government . JUDGE H. How would you like to write a history of the political imprisonments during the Administration of the late Mr. Lincoln ? AUTHOR . My dear Judge , I should prefer to write a brighter ...
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... will talk over these matters soon again , and in the mean time , my dear friend , farewell . AUTHOR . You are always a welcome visitor - good night . INTRODUCTION . ERSONAL or civil liberty is that boon which PREFACE . xxiii.
... will talk over these matters soon again , and in the mean time , my dear friend , farewell . AUTHOR . You are always a welcome visitor - good night . INTRODUCTION . ERSONAL or civil liberty is that boon which PREFACE . xxiii.
Página xxvii
... soon be an end of all other rights and immunities . To bereave a man of his life , or by violence to confiscate his estate , without accusation or trial , would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism as must at once convey the ...
... soon be an end of all other rights and immunities . To bereave a man of his life , or by violence to confiscate his estate , without accusation or trial , would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism as must at once convey the ...
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... soon as we shall return from our oxpe- dition , or if by chance we should not go upon our expedition , we will forth on do therein full justice . 53. We shall have like respite , and upon the like conditions , in doing justice by ...
... soon as we shall return from our oxpe- dition , or if by chance we should not go upon our expedition , we will forth on do therein full justice . 53. We shall have like respite , and upon the like conditions , in doing justice by ...
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affidavit army arrest arrived ARTICLE authority Baltimore Bastile Benedict called camp Captain cars cause charge citizen Colonel Milligan command confined Congress Constitution County Court custody DAVID MCCARTY Democratic Department Deputy Marshal Dimick discharged District duty elected Erie County Federal fellow-prisoners Fort Delaware Fort Lafayette Fort McHenry Fort Mifflin Fort Warren friends furnished gentlemen Government guard habeas corpus honor hour Illinois imprisonment incarcerated informed John Judge Advocate Lafayette land letter liberty Lieutenant Lincoln Macgill Mahony Marshal Chase Maryland ment military morning night o'clock P.M. oath offence Old Capitol Prison outrage papers parole party person political President Provost Marshal received refused release replied Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent September Seward Signed SIMON CAMERON soldiers Stevens taken tion trial United States Marshal Warren Washington William Winder writ of habeas York
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Página li - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. 'The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Página lii - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Página li - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Página xxiii - Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your government may be one thing, and their privileges another ; that these two things may exist without any mutual relation ; the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution.
Página 428 - THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Página 428 - 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 Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Página lvi - President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...
Página lxix - Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred; after which, the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative...
Página 758 - That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending, or to be commenced, for any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, made, done, or committed, or acts omitted to be done, under and by virtue of such order, or under color of any law of Congress, and such defence may be made by special plea, or under the general issue.
Página lxiii - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.