The Lost Cause RegainedG. W. Carleton & Company, 1868 - 214 páginas |
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Alexander H Amendment American Andrew Johnson appeal argument arms army authority civilization condition Confederate Congress conquered Constitution contest controversy Convention Court curious Davis declared Democratic party despotism distinct doctrine effect election Emancipation Proclamation enemy equal especially exhibition existence extent fact form of government Fortress Monroe human ical idea Impeachment inferiourity inspiration intelligent issue Jefferson legislation liberty limited Lincoln logical Lost Cause measure ment military mind miscegenation moral mulatto nation nature necessity Negro suffrage North past patriotism peace peculiar political system popular President principle proposition public opinion question race Radical party rebel rebellion remarkable republican form Republican party restoration revolution Richmond scarcely scheme of Reconstruction Senate sentiment Slavery South Carolina Southern speech statesmanship supremacy Supreme territory Thaddeus Stevens thought thousand millions tion true hope Union United United States Senate universal suffrage virtue vote Washington whole
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Página 72 - States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Página 78 - 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...
Página 189 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 78 - That no person excluded from the privilege of holding office by said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, shall be eligible to election as a member of the convention to frame a constitution for any of said rebel States, nor shall any such person vote for members of such convention.
Página 5 - Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear...
Página 137 - The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the South was demanded by every consideration of public safety, of gratitude, and of justice, and must be maintained; while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States.
Página 191 - Soon after the Reformation, a few People came over into this new world for conscience sake. Perhaps this, apparently, trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me.
Página 206 - Those wards called townships in New England are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.
Página 95 - Resolved, That a republican Constitution, and its existing laws, ought to be guaranteed to each State by the United States.