The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great Rebellion: Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, the Three Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, with the Votes Thereon, and the Important Executive, Judicial, and Politico-military Facts of that Eventful Period; Together with the Organization, Legislation, and General Proceedings of the Rebel Administration; and an Appendix Containing the Principal Political Facts of the Campaign of 1864, a Chapter on the Church and the Rebellion, and the Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth CongressPhilp & Solomons, 1865 - 653 páginas |
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... reason . Good govern- erument of the United States of America : Provided , That the said provisional government , and the tenures of all passion . I wish to address myself to your good sense , to ments can never be built up or sustained ...
... reason . Good govern- erument of the United States of America : Provided , That the said provisional government , and the tenures of all passion . I wish to address myself to your good sense , to ments can never be built up or sustained ...
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... reason together . It is not my purpose to say anght to wound the feelings of any individual who may be present ; and if , in the ardency with which I shall express my opinions , I shall say any thing which may be deenued too strong ...
... reason together . It is not my purpose to say anght to wound the feelings of any individual who may be present ; and if , in the ardency with which I shall express my opinions , I shall say any thing which may be deenued too strong ...
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... reason and argument , with experience , produced such changes in the sentiments of Massachusetts from 1832 to 1857 , on the subject of the tariff , may not like changes be effected there by the same means - reason and argument , and ...
... reason and argument , with experience , produced such changes in the sentiments of Massachusetts from 1832 to 1857 , on the subject of the tariff , may not like changes be effected there by the same means - reason and argument , and ...
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... reason had been exhausted , that we should take the last resort of nations . That would be the course toward a foreign government , and toward a member of this Confederacy I would recommend the same course . Let us , therefore , not act ...
... reason had been exhausted , that we should take the last resort of nations . That would be the course toward a foreign government , and toward a member of this Confederacy I would recommend the same course . Let us , therefore , not act ...
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... reason and judgment to give us our rights . Then , if reason should not triumph , it will be time enough to commit reprisals , and we should be justified in the eyes of a civilized world . At least , let the States know what your ...
... reason and judgment to give us our rights . Then , if reason should not triumph , it will be time enough to commit reprisals , and we should be justified in the eyes of a civilized world . At least , let the States know what your ...
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Página 231 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free...
Página 109 - 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, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 91 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 226 - We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Página 110 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth 292 and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.
Página 109 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Página 137 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Página 127 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Página 180 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Página 232 - 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.