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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... power . 1861 . ought to have braved every danger , and treated with contempt ... will serve to evince , in ... Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules , and while I do not choose now to specify Thus far , the journey of the president ...
... power . 1861 . ought to have braved every danger , and treated with contempt ... will serve to evince , in ... Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules , and while I do not choose now to specify Thus far , the journey of the president ...
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... Constitution the union of these and a firm reliance on Him who has states is perpetual . Perpetuity is im- never yet forsaken this favored land , plied , if not expressed , in the funda are still competent to adjust , in the mental law ...
... Constitution the union of these and a firm reliance on Him who has states is perpetual . Perpetuity is im- never yet forsaken this favored land , plied , if not expressed , in the funda are still competent to adjust , in the mental law ...
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... President of the United States , in vir tue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws , have thought fit to call forth , and hereby do call forth , the militia of the several states of the Union to the aggregate number ...
... President of the United States , in vir tue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws , have thought fit to call forth , and hereby do call forth , the militia of the several states of the Union to the aggregate number ...
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... shall be delivered up , or in any way impeded or hindered of his liberty ... have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion , shall ( upon the ... PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION , JAN . 1st , 1863 . " Whereas , on the 22d day of September ...
... shall be delivered up , or in any way impeded or hindered of his liberty ... have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion , shall ( upon the ... PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION , JAN . 1st , 1863 . " Whereas , on the 22d day of September ...
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... president . The opponents of the administration , while urging forward the prosecution of the war , were anx - ernment is by the power of the sword , we are for the most vigorous prosecu tion of the war until the Constitution and laws shall ...
... president . The opponents of the administration , while urging forward the prosecution of the war , were anx - ernment is by the power of the sword , we are for the most vigorous prosecu tion of the war until the Constitution and laws shall ...
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Popular passages
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.