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... means of supplying her armies with provisions , of which they would otherwise be destitute , and thus affording aid and comfort to our enemy . 6. Averment of the existing necessity for placing the country in a condition for aggressive ...
... means of supplying her armies with provisions , of which they would otherwise be destitute , and thus affording aid and comfort to our enemy . 6. Averment of the existing necessity for placing the country in a condition for aggressive ...
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... means given to him solely on account of his brilliant and successful services as leader of our armies during the last war , but that in him we view also the man of high intellect , the stern patriot , uncontaminated by the machinery of ...
... means given to him solely on account of his brilliant and successful services as leader of our armies during the last war , but that in him we view also the man of high intellect , the stern patriot , uncontaminated by the machinery of ...
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... means to prevent ; and especially is it the duty of the American Government , repre- senting the chief republic of the world , to pro- test against and by all proper means to prevent , the intervention of kings and emperors against ...
... means to prevent ; and especially is it the duty of the American Government , repre- senting the chief republic of the world , to pro- test against and by all proper means to prevent , the intervention of kings and emperors against ...
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... means of restoring peace . PLATFORMS OF 1860 . The Democratic party met in delegate con- vention at Charleston , S. C. , April 23 , 1860 , but owing to a wide divergence of opinion between the Northern and Southern wings the result was ...
... means of restoring peace . PLATFORMS OF 1860 . The Democratic party met in delegate con- vention at Charleston , S. C. , April 23 , 1860 , but owing to a wide divergence of opinion between the Northern and Southern wings the result was ...
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... means in their power to secure the passage of some bill to the extent of the Constitutional authority of Con- gress for the construction of a Pacific railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean at the earliest practicable ...
... means in their power to secure the passage of some bill to the extent of the Constitutional authority of Con- gress for the construction of a Pacific railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean at the earliest practicable ...
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Page 1 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights,...
Page 1 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Page 3 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Page 26 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 26 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 26 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism— polygamy and slavery.
Page 37 - We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political.
Page 30 - Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 29 - That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carried slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 1 - That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, against every aggression either foreign or domestic; and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.