The Political History of the United States of America During the Great RebellionPhilp & Solomons, 1865 - 653 páginas |
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Edward McPherson. L this . Think , if you can , of a single instance ' may be erroneous in any given case , still the in which a plainly written provision of ... my dissatisfied fellow - country- men . 107 ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Edward McPherson. L this . Think , if you can , of a single instance ' may be erroneous in any given case , still the in which a plainly written provision of ... my dissatisfied fellow - country- men . 107 ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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Edward McPherson. vision only to a State government set up in this particular way ? This section of the Con ... slavery into new territories , only dispute now as to the best mode of removing it within their own limits . An attempt to ...
Edward McPherson. vision only to a State government set up in this particular way ? This section of the Con ... slavery into new territories , only dispute now as to the best mode of removing it within their own limits . An attempt to ...
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... ought to exercise it , of co - operating with the States in repressing the circulation of publications thus prohibited . The circulation of anti - slavery documents , tending to ex- cite servile insurrection , had become a great evil ...
... ought to exercise it , of co - operating with the States in repressing the circulation of publications thus prohibited . The circulation of anti - slavery documents , tending to ex- cite servile insurrection , had become a great evil ...
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... section , are hereby ciple of seizing and appropriating the property of the person forfeited to the Government of ... our reach because we cannot give personal notice to an owner who is absent endeavoring to destroy the Government is cer ...
... section , are hereby ciple of seizing and appropriating the property of the person forfeited to the Government of ... our reach because we cannot give personal notice to an owner who is absent endeavoring to destroy the Government is cer ...
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... But should all other reasons fail to prevent such a misfor- tune to our people of Missouri , there is one that cannot fail . The Confederates never wanted us , and would not have us . I assume , therefore , that the war will not cease , but ...
... But should all other reasons fail to prevent such a misfor- tune to our people of Missouri , there is one that cannot fail . The Confederates never wanted us , and would not have us . I assume , therefore , that the war will not cease , but ...
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agreed to-yeas Alexander H Ambrose W amendment Amos Myers Ancona arms army arrest Asahel W authority Beaman Benjamin F bill Blair Brown Charles O'Neill citizens civil Clark command Committee Confederate Congress Conkling Constitution Convention Court Davis Dawes declared Department district Dixon Doolittle duty election Eliot Executive Eyck Federal Fessenden follows Fort Sumter Francis fugitive slave Gooch Government Grider Grimes habeas corpus Hale Harlan Harris Henry Winter Davis hereby Holman House insurrection James John H Johnson Kellogg Lane of Indiana Lane of Kansas Legislature Leonard Myers loyal Mallory ment military Moorhead Morrill nays NAYS-Messrs officers Orlando Kellogg peace Pendleton persons Pomeroy Powell President proclamation rebel rebellion resolution Resolved Rice Rollins Saulsbury Secretary Senate Sherman slavery South Carolina Sumner territory thereof Thomas tion Trumbull Union United Vallandigham Virginia vote Washburne William G Wilson Windom writ of habeas YEAS-Messrs
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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.