National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History, Volumen13Magazine of Western Publishing Company, 1891 |
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... Congress . " When I tell you that ex - President John Tyler , the mere creature of the Texas annexation conspirators of 1845 , was selected for its president , you can without much effort get at the intellectual and political status of ...
... Congress . " When I tell you that ex - President John Tyler , the mere creature of the Texas annexation conspirators of 1845 , was selected for its president , you can without much effort get at the intellectual and political status of ...
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... Congress power to abolish or interfere with slavery in any State . " I say nothing of Mr. Seward's dam- aging dispatches to Mr. Adams , our Minister to Great Britain , nor of his blunders with other powers ; I simply state that it was ...
... Congress power to abolish or interfere with slavery in any State . " I say nothing of Mr. Seward's dam- aging dispatches to Mr. Adams , our Minister to Great Britain , nor of his blunders with other powers ; I simply state that it was ...
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... congress of three hundred men and you will see the timid men coming together , you will see the reckless men together , and you will see the profound men together . And so in the army ; you will find all the fighting men gravitate ...
... congress of three hundred men and you will see the timid men coming together , you will see the reckless men together , and you will see the profound men together . And so in the army ; you will find all the fighting men gravitate ...
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... Congress stood the rank and file of the army , to whom the greatest credit is due . And back of the army there was a patriotic sentiment for national unity and national glory , which represented the moral force of an overwhelming ...
... Congress stood the rank and file of the army , to whom the greatest credit is due . And back of the army there was a patriotic sentiment for national unity and national glory , which represented the moral force of an overwhelming ...
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... Congress pro- ceeded at once to secure its political unity and territorial integrity ; that they raised , organized and equipped armies and crushed the rebellion ; that they amended the National Con- stitution prohibiting slavery ...
... Congress pro- ceeded at once to secure its political unity and territorial integrity ; that they raised , organized and equipped armies and crushed the rebellion ; that they amended the National Con- stitution prohibiting slavery ...
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Página 599 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Página 602 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Página 601 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers...
Página 596 - ... what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Página 597 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Página 599 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 597 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 602 - ... if the policy of the Government upon vital questions • affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 596 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Página 602 - I will venture to add that to me the convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not especially chosen for the purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse.