History of the Thirty-ninth Congress of the United StatesHarper & brothers, 1868 - 636 páginas |
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... exercise the functions of any office whatever , under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States ; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government , authority , power , or constitution ...
... exercise the functions of any office whatever , under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States ; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government , authority , power , or constitution ...
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... exercise the right of suffrage and declare , according to the honest convictions of their hearts , who shall be the officers to rule over them . There is no privilege sq high , there is no right so grand . It lies at the very foundation ...
... exercise the right of suffrage and declare , according to the honest convictions of their hearts , who shall be the officers to rule over them . There is no privilege sq high , there is no right so grand . It lies at the very foundation ...
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... as to the right to exercise the elective franchise ? I contend that the only question to be asked should be , Is he a man ? ' The test should be that of manhood . not that of color , or races , or class . Is DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA . 61.
... as to the right to exercise the elective franchise ? I contend that the only question to be asked should be , Is he a man ? ' The test should be that of manhood . not that of color , or races , or class . Is DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA . 61.
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... exercise it . " I am perfectly aware that in many States we have given the elective franchise to the white man who is debased and ignorant . I regret it , because I think that intelligence ought always , either as to the black or the ...
... exercise it . " I am perfectly aware that in many States we have given the elective franchise to the white man who is debased and ignorant . I regret it , because I think that intelligence ought always , either as to the black or the ...
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... exercise of that privilege to - morrow . Public sentiment on this , as on a great many subjects , is a matter of slow growth and develop- That is the history of the world . Development upon all great subjects is slow . The development ...
... exercise of that privilege to - morrow . Public sentiment on this , as on a great many subjects , is a matter of slow growth and develop- That is the history of the world . Development upon all great subjects is slow . The development ...
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Página 290 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 21 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Página 194 - She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Página 324 - 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 436 - No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Página 272 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Página 247 - all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Página 218 - An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect.
Página 259 - In every crime or public offense there must exist a union, or joint operation of act and intent, or criminal negligence.
Página 534 - States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for participation in the rebellion or for felony at common law...