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... Texas , and Va . ELECTORAL VOTE . - For President , Abraham Lin- coln , 212 ; George B. McClellan , 21 . For Vice - President , Andrew Johnson , 212 . Upon the assassination of President Lincoln , April 14 , 1865 , Andrew Johnson , then ...
... Texas , and Va . ELECTORAL VOTE . - For President , Abraham Lin- coln , 212 ; George B. McClellan , 21 . For Vice - President , Andrew Johnson , 212 . Upon the assassination of President Lincoln , April 14 , 1865 , Andrew Johnson , then ...
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... Texas , the Lone Star State . Mississippi , the Bayou State . Louisiana , the Creole State . Tennessee , the Big Bend State . Arkansas , the Bear State . California , the Golden State . STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES ...
... Texas , the Lone Star State . Mississippi , the Bayou State . Louisiana , the Creole State . Tennessee , the Big Bend State . Arkansas , the Bear State . California , the Golden State . STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES ...
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... Texas .... 795.500 604.215 212,592 Maryland .. 790,095 687,049 583,034 470,019 447,040 407,350 Louisiana .. 734,420 708,002 517,762 342,411 215,739 152 923 S. Carolina . 705,789 703,708 668,507 594,398 581,185 502,741 Maine .... 628,719 ...
... Texas .... 795.500 604.215 212,592 Maryland .. 790,095 687,049 583,034 470,019 447,040 407,350 Louisiana .. 734,420 708,002 517,762 342,411 215,739 152 923 S. Carolina . 705,789 703,708 668,507 594,398 581,185 502,741 Maine .... 628,719 ...
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... Texas . 180,388 462,230 Virginia . 490,887 225,490 Nebraska ( Territory ) . 10 332,520 Utah ( 6 29 Maryland .. 87,188 New Mexico " 24 Mississippi . • 436,696 District of Columbia . 3,181 Missouri . 114,965 Total ...... • 3,952,801 ...
... Texas . 180,388 462,230 Virginia . 490,887 225,490 Nebraska ( Territory ) . 10 332,520 Utah ( 6 29 Maryland .. 87,188 New Mexico " 24 Mississippi . • 436,696 District of Columbia . 3,181 Missouri . 114,965 Total ...... • 3,952,801 ...
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... 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 ; now , therefore , I , Abraham Lincoln , Presi- dent of the United States , in virtue ...
... 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 ; now , therefore , I , Abraham Lincoln , Presi- dent of the United States , in virtue ...
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Page 51 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 20 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 27 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 74 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 225 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 271 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 198 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 85 - Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. In this sense it is that your union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.
Page 100 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in mj opinion, it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend...
Page 186 - 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...