The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc, Part 1Frank Moore |
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... question is of great magnitude as one of constitutional and public law ; as one of morality it is of very little consequence whether the country is drenched in blood , in the exercise of a right claimed under the Consti- tution , or the ...
... question is of great magnitude as one of constitutional and public law ; as one of morality it is of very little consequence whether the country is drenched in blood , in the exercise of a right claimed under the Consti- tution , or the ...
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... question . That question is not what was the theory or form of government existing in Virginia , before the Constitution , but what are the provisions of the Constitution which her people adopted and made their own ? Does the ...
... question . That question is not what was the theory or form of government existing in Virginia , before the Constitution , but what are the provisions of the Constitution which her people adopted and made their own ? Does the ...
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... question , with the single exception of the final admission of Kansas , that has ever been raised before Congress , has been decided in favor of the South ; and yet she allows herself to allege " a persistent and organized system of ...
... question , with the single exception of the final admission of Kansas , that has ever been raised before Congress , has been decided in favor of the South ; and yet she allows herself to allege " a persistent and organized system of ...
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... question submitted to the People of South Carolina , by the Congress , was , Whether they would cede the powers of government embraced in an instrument sent to them , and called the Constitution of the United States . In other words ...
... question submitted to the People of South Carolina , by the Congress , was , Whether they would cede the powers of government embraced in an instrument sent to them , and called the Constitution of the United States . In other words ...
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... question could be brought to that arbitrament . The American people have been very much accustomed to treat politi- cal grants , made by the sovereign power without reservation , as irrevocable conveyances and executed contracts ; and ...
... question could be brought to that arbitrament . The American people have been very much accustomed to treat politi- cal grants , made by the sovereign power without reservation , as irrevocable conveyances and executed contracts ; and ...
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