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... known , the people were prepared to accept anything . They expected to be treated as rebels , their leaders being pun- ished , and the property of others confiscated . But the mo- Reb- ment it was made known , all their assurance ...
... known , the people were prepared to accept anything . They expected to be treated as rebels , their leaders being pun- ished , and the property of others confiscated . But the mo- Reb- ment it was made known , all their assurance ...
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... of North Carolina solemnly to declare this . It is manifest from the nature of the case . But this illegitimacy becomes still more manifest , when it is known that the constitutions which the President 10 THE ONE MAN POWER vs. CONGRESS .
... of North Carolina solemnly to declare this . It is manifest from the nature of the case . But this illegitimacy becomes still more manifest , when it is known that the constitutions which the President 10 THE ONE MAN POWER vs. CONGRESS .
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Charles Sumner. when it is known that the constitutions which the President orders and tries to cram upon Congress have never been submitted to popular vote . Each is the na- ked offspring of an illegitimate convention called into being ...
Charles Sumner. when it is known that the constitutions which the President orders and tries to cram upon Congress have never been submitted to popular vote . Each is the na- ked offspring of an illegitimate convention called into being ...
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... known him slightly while he was in the Senate ; but I lost no time in seeing him after he became President . He received me kindly . I hope that I shall not err , if I allude briefly to what passed between us . You are my constituents ...
... known him slightly while he was in the Senate ; but I lost no time in seeing him after he became President . He received me kindly . I hope that I shall not err , if I allude briefly to what passed between us . You are my constituents ...
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... known for devotion to Equal Rights , so that their names alone will be a proclamation , while their sim- ple presence will help educate the people " ; and here I mentioned Major - General Carl Schurz , who still held his commission in ...
... known for devotion to Equal Rights , so that their names alone will be a proclamation , while their sim- ple presence will help educate the people " ; and here I mentioned Major - General Carl Schurz , who still held his commission in ...
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Page 157 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 78 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 144 - If a majority of the votes given on that question shall be for a convention, then such convention shall be held as hereinafter provided; but if a majority of said votes shall be against a...
Page 379 - In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States agree to pay at the treasury in Washington, within ten months after the exchange of the...
Page 11 - Unquestionably? a military government, established as the permanent government of the State, would not be a republican government, and it would be the duty of congress to overthrow it.
Page 397 - June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, and also to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...
Page 285 - Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand : For hot, cold, moist and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery...
Page 79 - The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficult}', and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
Page 37 - Euphrates, and the Arabian fleet might have sailed without a naval combat into the mouth of the Thames. Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mahomet.
Page 210 - The cession of territory and dominion herein made is hereby declared to be free and unincumbered by any reservations, privileges, franchises, grants, or possessions, by any associated companies, whether corporate or incorporate, Russian or any other, or by any parties, except merely private individual property-holders...