The Congressional Globe, Volume 31Blair & Rives, 1861 - Law |
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... authority therein , save the election of President of the United States , held November 6 , 1860 . That said general election was held and conducted in conformity to the law then in force , and which law still obtains in said State , on ...
... authority therein , save the election of President of the United States , held November 6 , 1860 . That said general election was held and conducted in conformity to the law then in force , and which law still obtains in said State , on ...
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... authority . I move that the name of J. M. Butler be substituted as the Representative from the first district ; and 1 send up to the Clerk the certificates upon which I found my motion . The certificates , signed by the seventeen return ...
... authority . I move that the name of J. M. Butler be substituted as the Representative from the first district ; and 1 send up to the Clerk the certificates upon which I found my motion . The certificates , signed by the seventeen return ...
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... authority , if it is in the possession of the Clerk , under which Col- onel Forney placed my name on the roll . The Clerk read the following paper : The Clerk , in placing the name of William E. Lehman upon the roll of members , for the ...
... authority , if it is in the possession of the Clerk , under which Col- onel Forney placed my name on the roll . The Clerk read the following paper : The Clerk , in placing the name of William E. Lehman upon the roll of members , for the ...
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... authority of law , and that it was not a credential which could be recognized by this House . The act of Assembly which was read by the Clerk of the House is in these words , and I do not think there can be any mistake about them : " It ...
... authority of law , and that it was not a credential which could be recognized by this House . The act of Assembly which was read by the Clerk of the House is in these words , and I do not think there can be any mistake about them : " It ...
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... authority against terposed useless delay in any way , I certainly the insurrection that exists in the country . I pro- shall not do so at the present session . I want to pose , however , to offer an amendment to this joint make it as ...
... authority against terposed useless delay in any way , I certainly the insurrection that exists in the country . I pro- shall not do so at the present session . I want to pose , however , to offer an amendment to this joint make it as ...
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Page 1 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 2 - 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...
Page 55 - State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States ; 1 and thereupon all commercial intercourse by and between the same and the citizens thereof and the citizens of the rest of the United States shall cease and be unlawful so long as such condition of hostility shall continue...
Page 57 - Either the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina and the sugar plantations of Louisiana will ultimately be tilled by free labor...
Page 2 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and...
Page 2 - States; a bill providing for the better organization of the military establishment; a bill for the organization of a volunteer militia force, to be called the National Guard of the United States...
Page 55 - State or section, the inhabitants of which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles and for such time, and by such persons as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 129 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States...
Page 1 - ... to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country ; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.
Page 130 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.