The Secession and Reconstruction of TennesseeUniversity of Chicago Press, 1898 - 108 páginas |
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The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee .. James Walter [From Old Catalog] Fertig Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
14th amendment 39th Congress action adjourned admitted to seats adopted allegiance amnesty Andrew Johnson appointed April Arnell authority called citizens Civil Government committee Confederacy Congress Congressmen contest convention counties Court Crittenden resolution Cyclo Daily Banner debates declared delegates Dispatch doctrine East Tennessee election electors ernment favor Federal Government Fort Sumter franchise law Globe Governor Brownlow Governor Harris Governor Johnson guarantee clause held Horace Maynard Ibid inauguration issued July July 20 June leaders Legislature loyal majority March Memphis ment Middle Tennessee military government Military League Nashville nessee nominating officers organized party passed plan of reconstruction political President Lincoln Presidential plan proclamation quorum Radicals ratified re-admission re-organization Rebellion recognized refused republican republican in form restoration result seceded Senators and Representatives sentiment session slavery South Southern stitution take the oath theory tion troops Union and American Union Army United vote voters Wade-Davis bill
Pasajes populares
Página 87 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.
Página 107 - Whereas said State government can only be restored to its former political relations in the. Union by the consent of the lawmaking power of the United States...
Página 82 - ... and when sustained by force it becomes a practical abdication by the State of all rights under the Constitution, while the treason which it involves still further works an instant forfeiture of all those functions and powers essential to the continued existence of the State as a body politic, so that from that time forward the territory falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress as other territory, and the State being, according to the language of the law, felo-de-se, ceases to exist.
Página 96 - But the authority extends no further than to a guaranty of a republican form of government, which supposes a pre-existing government of the form which is to be guaranteed. As long, therefore, as the existing republican forms are continued by the States, they are guaranteed by the federal Constitution.
Página 92 - ... conferred by the federal compact, and this not by virtue of a new ratification of the Constitution, nor a new admission by the federal government, but by virtue of the original ratification, and the constant uninterrupted maintenance of position in the federal Union since that date. " Acts of secession are not invalid to destroy the Union, and valid to destroy the state governments, and the political privileges of their citizens.
Página 94 - A more studied outrage on the legislative authority of the people has never been perpetrated. Congress passed a bill; the President refused to approve it, and then by proclamation puts as much of it in force as he sees fit, and proposes to execute those parts by officers unknown to the laws of the United States and not subject to the confirmation of the Senate!
Página 84 - ... 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; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 46 - ... not having since violated it, and being a qualified voter by the election law of the State existing immediately before the so-called act of secession, and excluding all others, shall reestablish a State government which shall be republican and in...
Página 68 - August next, will not be treated as a candidate, and all votes for such person will not be taken into account. And I call upon the civil authorities throughout the State to arrest and bring to justice all persons who, under pretence of being candidates for Congress, or other office, are travelling over the State denouncing and nullifying the constitution and laws of the land, and spreading sedition and a spirit of rebellion.
Página 45 - State, and with authority to exercise within the limits of the State all the powers necessary and proper to enable the loyal people of the State to restore it to its constitutional relations to the Federal Government...
Referencias a este libro
The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A. William Mathias Lamers Vista de fragmentos - 1961 |
Biographical Dictionary of the Union: Northern Leaders of the Civil War John T. Hubbell Sin vista previa disponible - 1995 |