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Page xxiv
... attempted invasion of the loyal States . 1861 . 2 Mr. Motley to Mr. Nov. Seward . Arrival in Vienna . Count Rechberg Conversation in regard Official reception by to American affairs . Emperor . Reception by the 1862 . 34 4 ..do .. .do ...
... attempted invasion of the loyal States . 1861 . 2 Mr. Motley to Mr. Nov. Seward . Arrival in Vienna . Count Rechberg Conversation in regard Official reception by to American affairs . Emperor . Reception by the 1862 . 34 4 ..do .. .do ...
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... affairs . Failure of the attempted invasion of the loval States by the insurgents . 616 616 617 618 619 Effect of military news from America ...... 620 Seward . NETHERLANDS - Continued . Page . 620 621 8 Successes XXVI LIST OF DOCUMENTS .
... affairs . Failure of the attempted invasion of the loval States by the insurgents . 616 616 617 618 619 Effect of military news from America ...... 620 Seward . NETHERLANDS - Continued . Page . 620 621 8 Successes XXVI LIST OF DOCUMENTS .
Page xxxvi
... attempt of a mob to rescue the prisoners . Cor- respondence with the Moorish minister of foreign affairs and the commander of the Tuscarora . The prisoners put on board the Ino , and sent to the United States . The same subject ...
... attempt of a mob to rescue the prisoners . Cor- respondence with the Moorish minister of foreign affairs and the commander of the Tuscarora . The prisoners put on board the Ino , and sent to the United States . The same subject ...
Page xliii
... would consent for a moment to receive any representative of a foreign nation if his first act might be to attempt to undermine the au- thority to which he had been accredited by recognizing for 10 ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT .
... would consent for a moment to receive any representative of a foreign nation if his first act might be to attempt to undermine the au- thority to which he had been accredited by recognizing for 10 ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT .
Page xliii
... attempt to dislodge him by a coup de main in Parliament , which would inevitably be followed by a formidable opposi- tion headed by him . The more eligible course has thus far been thought to be to await the moment , which cannot be ...
... attempt to dislodge him by a coup de main in Parliament , which would inevitably be followed by a formidable opposi- tion headed by him . The more eligible course has thus far been thought to be to await the moment , which cannot be ...
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Page 554 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 23 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 132 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists ; and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 196 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States, and the people thereof, in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Page 197 - ... arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto; and no person engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service.
Page 196 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 197 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the government of the United States...
Page 15 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 12 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave-trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself.
Page 196 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...