Report of the Joint Committee on Federal Relations: (to Whom was Referred a Document Transmitted by the Secretary of State of the U.S., to the Executive of the State of Maryland, Containing a Copy of a Resolution of Congress, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States), with Accompanying ResolutionsHenry A. Lucas, printer, 1867 - 26 páginas |
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... of age , and citizens of the United States , or in any way abridged , except for participa- tion in rebellion or other crime , the basis of representation 4 therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the 231 ...
... of age , and citizens of the United States , or in any way abridged , except for participa- tion in rebellion or other crime , the basis of representation 4 therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the 231 ...
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... crime , and expressing no regret , except that they had no longer the power to continue the desperate struggle . " The committee then conclude " that the war thus waged , was a civil war of the greatest magnitude , " and that by the law ...
... crime , and expressing no regret , except that they had no longer the power to continue the desperate struggle . " The committee then conclude " that the war thus waged , was a civil war of the greatest magnitude , " and that by the law ...
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... crime they had committed , defiant towards the general government , and regardless of their duties as citi- zens . The conciliatory measures of the government do not seem to have been met even , half way . The bitterness and defiance ...
... crime they had committed , defiant towards the general government , and regardless of their duties as citi- zens . The conciliatory measures of the government do not seem to have been met even , half way . The bitterness and defiance ...
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... crimes , and establish rules of conduct for all its citizens in future cases . ' " The prohibition against their making any ex post facto laws , was introduced for greater caution , and very probably arose from their knowledge that the ...
... crimes , and establish rules of conduct for all its citizens in future cases . ' " The prohibition against their making any ex post facto laws , was introduced for greater caution , and very probably arose from their knowledge that the ...
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... crime of unmitigated rebellion and treason . In all questions of criminality , the motives and purposes of the act fix its legal and moral character . The same act may be wilful and pre- meditated murder , or manslaughter , or excusable ...
... crime of unmitigated rebellion and treason . In all questions of criminality , the motives and purposes of the act fix its legal and moral character . The same act may be wilful and pre- meditated murder , or manslaughter , or excusable ...
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Página 12 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States ; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired;...
Página 3 - 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...
Página 23 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 25 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 23 - ... that to this compact each State acceded, as a State, and is an integral party; that this government created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Página 8 - The conclusion of your committee therefore is that the so-called Confederate States are not, at present, entitled to representation in the Congress of the United States...
Página 21 - State toward the General Government, to fly to open resistance upon every infraction of the Constitution. The mode and the energy of the opposition should always conform to the nature of the violation, the intention of...
Página 26 - But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of- insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave ; but all such debts, obligations, and claims, shall be held illegal and void. SEC. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Página 21 - In this whole series of devices and measures for raising men, this convention discern a total disregard for the constitution, and a disposition to violate its provisions, demanding from the individual states a firm and decided opposition.
Página 23 - That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on tHe principle of unlimited submission to their General Government...