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... continued uninterruptedly in Southern hands for the space of twenty - four years . A large proportion of the active politicians of the North pretended to give in their adhesion to the State Rights school of politics ; but , like all the ...
... continued uninterruptedly in Southern hands for the space of twenty - four years . A large proportion of the active politicians of the North pretended to give in their adhesion to the State Rights school of politics ; but , like all the ...
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... continued to be for a quarter of a century thereafter - extrav- agant and sentimental . The people were unwilling to stop to analyze an idea after it had once become the subject of enthu- siasm ; and the mere name of the " Union ...
... continued to be for a quarter of a century thereafter - extrav- agant and sentimental . The people were unwilling to stop to analyze an idea after it had once become the subject of enthu- siasm ; and the mere name of the " Union ...
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... continued and bitter discussion which ensued , perfectly accomplished the divi- sion of the Democratic party into two great factions , mustered under the names of " Lecompton " and " Anti - Lecompton . " The latter faction founded their ...
... continued and bitter discussion which ensued , perfectly accomplished the divi- sion of the Democratic party into two great factions , mustered under the names of " Lecompton " and " Anti - Lecompton . " The latter faction founded their ...
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... continued to vote for him for near two months , giving him within four votes of a majority upon every trial of his strength . Although he was finally withdrawn , and one of his party , not a subscriber to the Helper Book , was elected ...
... continued to vote for him for near two months , giving him within four votes of a majority upon every trial of his strength . Although he was finally withdrawn , and one of his party , not a subscriber to the Helper Book , was elected ...
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... continued and unalterable opposition to Black Republicanism ; his principles were pro- fessed to be " held subject to the decisions of the Supreme Court " -the distinction between judicial questions and politi- cal questions being ...
... continued and unalterable opposition to Black Republicanism ; his principles were pro- fessed to be " held subject to the decisions of the Supreme Court " -the distinction between judicial questions and politi- cal questions being ...
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Page 370 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 360 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 362 - States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States...
Page 357 - No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Page 360 - Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills. 2 Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large...
Page 358 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Page 359 - House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Page 54 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 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...
Page 369 - The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
Page 362 - To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.