Union-disunion-reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885J. A. and R. A. Reid, 1885 - 726 páginas |
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... citizens who were innocent ; not merely by silencing the Constitu- tion in various ways , and restrictions on civil ... citizen , nor full rehabilitation given to those who acquiesced in the gov- ernment . Even the " test oaths , " that ...
... citizens who were innocent ; not merely by silencing the Constitu- tion in various ways , and restrictions on civil ... citizen , nor full rehabilitation given to those who acquiesced in the gov- ernment . Even the " test oaths , " that ...
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... citizens , vast sums of this rapidly acquired and ill - gotten wealth , which , in many instances , quite as rapidly , and very remarkably , took to itself wings and flew away . In some cases , however , it remained , and formed the ...
... citizens , vast sums of this rapidly acquired and ill - gotten wealth , which , in many instances , quite as rapidly , and very remarkably , took to itself wings and flew away . In some cases , however , it remained , and formed the ...
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... citizens of independent and co - equal states . They were intensely jealous of the interference from abroad with their domestic affairs . The preservation of slavery was not regarded , in the South , as a matter of vital importance ...
... citizens of independent and co - equal states . They were intensely jealous of the interference from abroad with their domestic affairs . The preservation of slavery was not regarded , in the South , as a matter of vital importance ...
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... citizens and voters . The following brief extract from the journals of the Continental Congress shows what so eminent a man as Mr. Jefferson thought of the power to exclude slavery from the ter- ritories under the Articles of ...
... citizens and voters . The following brief extract from the journals of the Continental Congress shows what so eminent a man as Mr. Jefferson thought of the power to exclude slavery from the ter- ritories under the Articles of ...
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... citizens of each separate com- munity had the right to shape their institutions to suit themselves ; and to ad- mit or exclude slavery as they should see fit . It denied that the Constitution by its own vigor , carried slavery to the ...
... citizens of each separate com- munity had the right to shape their institutions to suit themselves ; and to ad- mit or exclude slavery as they should see fit . It denied that the Constitution by its own vigor , carried slavery to the ...
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Página 262 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Página 338 - I, , do solemnly swear in presence of Almighty God that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States and the Union of the states thereunder ; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by the decision of the Supreme Court...
Página 336 - The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Página 602 - 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...
Página 102 - That to this compact each state accede,d as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party : That the 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...
Página 348 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Página 160 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Página 696 - Sec. 3. That, in each state entitled under this apportionment, the number to which such state may be entitled in the 53d and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing, as nearly as practicable, an equal number of inhabitants.
Página 371 - Under this article of the constitution it rests with congress to decide what government is the established one in a State. For as the United States guarantee to each State a republican government, congress -must necessarily decide what government is established in the State before it can determine whether it is republican or not.
Página 338 - Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme Court. So help me God.