The National Political Manual: Comprising Facts and Figures, Historical, Statistical, Documentary, Political, from the Formation of the Government to the Present Time. With a Full Chronology of the Rebellion |
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... foreign and domestic foes . To the Declaration of Independence , Constitution of the United States , and Washington's Farewell Address - truly " Key Notes to American Liberty " -have been added many important proclamations and ...
... foreign and domestic foes . To the Declaration of Independence , Constitution of the United States , and Washington's Farewell Address - truly " Key Notes to American Liberty " -have been added many important proclamations and ...
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... subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unac- knowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation , - For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us : 12 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
... subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unac- knowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation , - For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us : 12 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
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... foreign mercenaries , to complete the works of death , desolation , and tyranny , already begun , with circuin- stances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages , and totally unworthy the head of a civilized ...
... foreign mercenaries , to complete the works of death , desolation , and tyranny , already begun , with circuin- stances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages , and totally unworthy the head of a civilized ...
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... foreign nations , and among the several States , and with the Indian tribes : 4. To establish a uniform rule of naturalization , and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies , throughout the United States : 5. To coin money ...
... foreign nations , and among the several States , and with the Indian tribes : 4. To establish a uniform rule of naturalization , and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies , throughout the United States : 5. To coin money ...
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... foreign State . & X. - 1 . No state shall enter into any treaty , alliance , or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin , money ; emit bills of credit ; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of ...
... foreign State . & X. - 1 . No state shall enter into any treaty , alliance , or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin , money ; emit bills of credit ; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of ...
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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...