The Political History of the United States of America, During the Period of Reconstruction (from April 15, 1865, to July 15, 1870,) Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses: With the Votes Thereon; Together with the Action, Congressional and State, on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and the Other Important Executive, Legislative, Politico-military, and Judicial Facts of that PeriodPhilp & Solomons, 1871 - 652 páginas |
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... issued in 1866 , 1867 , 1868 , 1869 , and 1870 , with revision and corrections to date and with some additions , and includes the political facts of the most momentous legislative period in the history of our country - that between ...
... issued in 1866 , 1867 , 1868 , 1869 , and 1870 , with revision and corrections to date and with some additions , and includes the political facts of the most momentous legislative period in the history of our country - that between ...
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... issued of such records in the qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and customary form of official certificates . laws of the State of North Carolina , in force immediately before the 20th day of May , 1861 , the date of the so ...
... issued of such records in the qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and customary form of official certificates . laws of the State of North Carolina , in force immediately before the 20th day of May , 1861 , the date of the so ...
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... issued , appointing WILLIAM L. SHARKEY , Pro- visional Governor of Mississippi . 1865 , June 17 - JAMES JOHNSON appointed Pro- visional Governor of Georgia . 1865 , June 17 - ANDREW J. HAMILTON appointed Provisional Governor of Texas ...
... issued , appointing WILLIAM L. SHARKEY , Pro- visional Governor of Mississippi . 1865 , June 17 - JAMES JOHNSON appointed Pro- visional Governor of Georgia . 1865 , June 17 - ANDREW J. HAMILTON appointed Provisional Governor of Texas ...
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... issued by virtue of the fifth section of the act entitled " An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and for other purposes , " approved hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed . Done at the ...
... issued by virtue of the fifth section of the act entitled " An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and for other purposes , " approved hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed . Done at the ...
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... issued in pursuance of an act of Con- gress approved June 7 , in the same year , the in- Corpus , surrection was declared to be still existing in tho States aforesaid , with the exception of certain specified counties in the State of ...
... issued in pursuance of an act of Con- gress approved June 7 , in the same year , the in- Corpus , surrection was declared to be still existing in tho States aforesaid , with the exception of certain specified counties in the State of ...
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Página 254 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Página 68 - States; and such citizens, of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right, in every State and Territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue. be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for...
Página 361 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity or warpower higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts he made for a cessation of hostilities...
Página 236 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Página 257 - Constitution; and the other of which acts exercises, in like manner, a power not delegated by the Constitution, but on the contrary, expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto; a power which, more than any other, ought to produce universal alarm, because it is levelled against...
Página 213 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.
Página 90 - 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 119 - April 9, 1865. GENERAL : I received your note of this morning on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you, and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday. With reference to the surrender of this army, I now request an interview, in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.
Página 146 - that all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign Power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...