Life of A. P. Dostie, Or, The Conflict in New OrleansW.P. Tomlinson, 1868 - 374 páginas |
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... CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1864 , · 101 CHAPTER XIII . DOSTIE AS AUDITOR OF STATE , 105 CHAPTER XIV . DOSTIE AND DURANT , 110 CHAPTER XV . LOUISIANA CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS IN 1864 , 125 CHAPTER XVI . DOSTIE AND BARKER , 136 CHAPTER ...
... CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1864 , · 101 CHAPTER XIII . DOSTIE AS AUDITOR OF STATE , 105 CHAPTER XIV . DOSTIE AND DURANT , 110 CHAPTER XV . LOUISIANA CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS IN 1864 , 125 CHAPTER XVI . DOSTIE AND BARKER , 136 CHAPTER ...
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... constitutional rights , Congress and the Supreme Court judges , were eminently conservative , and there were no cause for complaint or alarm . Had a score of men , whom I could name , been hung for trea- sonable speeches and acts , all ...
... constitutional rights , Congress and the Supreme Court judges , were eminently conservative , and there were no cause for complaint or alarm . Had a score of men , whom I could name , been hung for trea- sonable speeches and acts , all ...
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... constitution of my country . I advocated the cause of the old flag on all proper occa- sions , and when asked if I would take the oath of alle- giance to the government of Richmond to save my property and my liberty , I answered ' No ...
... constitution of my country . I advocated the cause of the old flag on all proper occa- sions , and when asked if I would take the oath of alle- giance to the government of Richmond to save my property and my liberty , I answered ' No ...
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... constitution- ally to trample upon the rights of even rebels against the Government , and turn loose upon them four millions of slaves . " Seizing the Constitution in one hand , he stamped bloody slavery upon it with the other , and ...
... constitution- ally to trample upon the rights of even rebels against the Government , and turn loose upon them four millions of slaves . " Seizing the Constitution in one hand , he stamped bloody slavery upon it with the other , and ...
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... Constitution of the Republic and the laws enacted by Congress in accordance therewith can be maintained inviolate , as we confidently believe they can be , we shall re- gard with abhorrence all attempts to destroy the pa- ternal ...
... Constitution of the Republic and the laws enacted by Congress in accordance therewith can be maintained inviolate , as we confidently believe they can be , we shall re- gard with abhorrence all attempts to destroy the pa- ternal ...
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Página 122 - 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 84 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that " while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Página 166 - Finding themselves safely at home, it would be utterly immaterial whether they had ever been abroad.
Página 218 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Página 163 - I distinctly stated that this was not the only plan which might possibly be acceptable, and I also distinctly protested that the Executive claimed no right to say when or whether Members should be admitted to seats in Congress from such States.
Página 165 - We all agree that the seceded States, so called, are out of their proper practical relation with the Union, and that the sole object of the Government, civil and military, in regard to those States, is to again get them into that proper practical relation.
Página 123 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St.
Página 160 - Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks.
Página 340 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Página 162 - Nor must those whose harder part gives us the cause of rejoicing be overlooked. Their honors must not be parceled out with others. I myself was near the front, and had the high pleasure of transmitting much of the good news to you ; but no part of the honor for plan or execution is mine. To General Grant, his skilful officers and brave men, all belongs.