History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Administration of James Buchanan, Volume 4Johnson, Fry, 1866 - United States |
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... authorities sent three the secretary of state's communication ; gentlemen to Washington , for the pur- and then , with some violence of lan pose of arranging and settling all points guage about " accepting the gage of of difference ...
... authorities sent three the secretary of state's communication ; gentlemen to Washington , for the pur- and then , with some violence of lan pose of arranging and settling all points guage about " accepting the gage of of difference ...
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... authorities , stopped all and replied to the onslaught , and the supplies for the garrison heretofore re- guns of the fort were served with all ceived from the city . The government the vigor and spirit possible under the resolved to ...
... authorities , stopped all and replied to the onslaught , and the supplies for the garrison heretofore re- guns of the fort were served with all ceived from the city . The government the vigor and spirit possible under the resolved to ...
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... 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 existence of our na- tional Union , and the perpetuity of popular government ...
... 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 existence of our na- tional Union , and the perpetuity of popular government ...
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... authorities in Bal- timore and also of the legislature of Maryland , see Me Pherson's " History of the Rebellion , " pp . 392–398 . patriots of Maryland , in a speech at Frederick , May 7th , thus expressed himself : " What is there in ...
... authorities in Bal- timore and also of the legislature of Maryland , see Me Pherson's " History of the Rebellion , " pp . 392–398 . patriots of Maryland , in a speech at Frederick , May 7th , thus expressed himself : " What is there in ...
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... authorities , quite equal to the chief - justice in weight of character and legal acumen , sustain- ed the course which Mr. Lincoln had felt himself compelled to pursue , such as Prof. Parsons , Horace Binney , Attor- ney - general ...
... authorities , quite equal to the chief - justice in weight of character and legal acumen , sustain- ed the course which Mr. Lincoln had felt himself compelled to pursue , such as Prof. Parsons , Horace Binney , Attor- ney - general ...
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Page 17 - 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 516 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace...
Page 270 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 516 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address...
Page 261 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 516 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 396 - I, , do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the states thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 269 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 535 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 269 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.