The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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... Amendment adopted by either House . XXV . Peace Democracy at the North , and the Peace Conference at Wash- ington .... .388 The Tweddle Hall Convention at Albany , 1861 -Seymour , Thayer , etc .-- Peace Conference or Congress at ...
... Amendment adopted by either House . XXV . Peace Democracy at the North , and the Peace Conference at Wash- ington .... .388 The Tweddle Hall Convention at Albany , 1861 -Seymour , Thayer , etc .-- Peace Conference or Congress at ...
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... amendments , was finally adopt- ed , four days later : all the delegates but those from South Carolina voting in its favor . In 1787 , the last Continental Con- gress , sitting in New York , simulta- neously with the Convention at Phi ...
... amendments , was finally adopt- ed , four days later : all the delegates but those from South Carolina voting in its favor . In 1787 , the last Continental Con- gress , sitting in New York , simulta- neously with the Convention at Phi ...
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... amended , did not preclude any arrangement whatever on that point in an- other place reported . " Mr. MADISON objected to one for every forty thousand inhabitants as a perpetual rule . The future increase of population , if the Union ...
... amended , did not preclude any arrangement whatever on that point in an- other place reported . " Mr. MADISON objected to one for every forty thousand inhabitants as a perpetual rule . The future increase of population , if the Union ...
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... amendment . " Mr. SHERMAN did not regard the admission of negroes into the ratio of representation as lia- ble to such insuperable objections , " etc. , etc. " Mr. PINCKNEY [ C. C. , of South Carolina ] con- sidered the Fisheries and ...
... amendment . " Mr. SHERMAN did not regard the admission of negroes into the ratio of representation as lia- ble to such insuperable objections , " etc. , etc. " Mr. PINCKNEY [ C. C. , of South Carolina ] con- sidered the Fisheries and ...
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... amendment was likewise sustained , by the close vote of 82 Yeas to 78 Nays . The bill thus amended was ordered to a third reading by 98 Yeas to 56 Nays , and the next day was passed and sent to the Senate , where the restriction ...
... amendment was likewise sustained , by the close vote of 82 Yeas to 78 Nays . The bill thus amended was ordered to a third reading by 98 Yeas to 56 Nays , and the next day was passed and sent to the Senate , where the restriction ...
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