Life and Times of Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President of the United States. Written from a National Stand-pointD. Appleton and Company, 1866 - 363 páginas |
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... considered as belonging to the people . The voice of warning has always been heard from him when he thought it was in danger of being per- verted to the advancement of private interests . His views in regard to the binding obligations ...
... considered as belonging to the people . The voice of warning has always been heard from him when he thought it was in danger of being per- verted to the advancement of private interests . His views in regard to the binding obligations ...
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... considered in either house . With the expiration of this , the Thirty - second Congress , Mr. John- son's ten years ' services in the House of Representatives terminated . It is true he did not have the pleasure of seeing his favorite ...
... considered in either house . With the expiration of this , the Thirty - second Congress , Mr. John- son's ten years ' services in the House of Representatives terminated . It is true he did not have the pleasure of seeing his favorite ...
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... considered as tinged with any bias or prejudice . Notice had been for some time given of the meeting , and at an early hour people began to pour in from every direction . The weather was fine , and , owing to the immense crowd , the ...
... considered as tinged with any bias or prejudice . Notice had been for some time given of the meeting , and at an early hour people began to pour in from every direction . The weather was fine , and , owing to the immense crowd , the ...
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... considered the Union yet in danger . I do not believe all the factionists of this Government can pull it to pieces . They cannot dissolve the bonds that unite us — the bonds of mutual interest and patriotism , strengthened by the ...
... considered the Union yet in danger . I do not believe all the factionists of this Government can pull it to pieces . They cannot dissolve the bonds that unite us — the bonds of mutual interest and patriotism , strengthened by the ...
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... opposed to the party in power , would have received its due share of official patron- age . It would have struck a blow at corruption in the ap- pointing power , when it might have been considered neces- 82 LIFE OF ANDREW JOHNSON .
... opposed to the party in power , would have received its due share of official patron- age . It would have struck a blow at corruption in the ap- pointing power , when it might have been considered neces- 82 LIFE OF ANDREW JOHNSON .
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Página 141 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; 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 ;...
Página 151 - Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won.
Página 144 - 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 27 - Lift up now thine eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, for all this is thine.
Página 80 - Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of...
Página 141 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States, now in revolt against the constitutional Government...
Página i - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public.
Página 266 - This being the case, it is very evident that the common laws of war — those maxims of humanity, moderation, and honor — ought to be observed by both parties in every civil war.
Página 265 - When a party is formed in a State who no longer obey the sovereign, and are possessed of sufficient strength to oppose him — or when, in a Republic, the nation is divided into two opposite factions, and both sides take up arms — this is called a civil war.