Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1864 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Court at Mobile . His counsel contended that his arrest was illegal and unauthorized , raising the points whether a state of war existed , which alone could justify such an arrest ; and whether Capt . Jones had been arrested within a ...
... Court at Mobile . His counsel contended that his arrest was illegal and unauthorized , raising the points whether a state of war existed , which alone could justify such an arrest ; and whether Capt . Jones had been arrested within a ...
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... Court from all responsibility , discharged the prisoner from custody . The counsel for the defence insisted upon the Court's passing judgment , but his de- mand was not acceded to , and Capt . Jones was released . The reputed owners of ...
... Court from all responsibility , discharged the prisoner from custody . The counsel for the defence insisted upon the Court's passing judgment , but his de- mand was not acceded to , and Capt . Jones was released . The reputed owners of ...
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... court of Queen Victoria . In November , 1839 , she formally announced to the Privy Council her intention to form a matrimonial alliance with Prince Albert . The marriage was solemnized Feb. 10 , 1840. He was a man of refined taste , and ...
... court of Queen Victoria . In November , 1839 , she formally announced to the Privy Council her intention to form a matrimonial alliance with Prince Albert . The marriage was solemnized Feb. 10 , 1840. He was a man of refined taste , and ...
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... courts , each 250 feet by 86 feet ; two courts , each 250 feet by 200 feet ; two central courts , -that at the north , 150 feet by 86 ; that at the south , 150 feet by 150 feet . All these glass courts are 50 feet high , and lighted ...
... courts , each 250 feet by 86 feet ; two courts , each 250 feet by 200 feet ; two central courts , -that at the north , 150 feet by 86 ; that at the south , 150 feet by 150 feet . All these glass courts are 50 feet high , and lighted ...
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... Court . The Governor was authorized to call out the military force , and two millions of dollars in bonds were ordered to be issued in sums of five dollars and upwards . The first movement after the secession of the State , was to get ...
... Court . The Governor was authorized to call out the military force , and two millions of dollars in bonds were ordered to be issued in sums of five dollars and upwards . The first movement after the secession of the State , was to get ...
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Page 72 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 123 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are, virtually, dissolved; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it .will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare, definitely, for a separation; amicably, if they can; violently if they must.
Page 395 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States ; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 180 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 404 - I cannot but know what you all know, that without a name, perhaps without a reason why I should have a name, there has fallen upon me a task such as did not rest even upon the Father of his Country...
Page 180 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance...
Page 198 - I rise, Mr. President, for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory evidence that the State of Mississippi, by a solemn ordinance of her people, in convention assembled, has declared her separation from the United States. Under these circumstances, of course, my functions are terminated here. It has seemed to me proper, however, that I should appear in the Senate to announce that fact to my associates, and I will say but very little more.
Page 410 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved on that basis ? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Page 131 - African slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this as the 'rock upon which the old union would split.
Page 403 - We mean to treat you as near as we possibly can, as Washington, Jefferson, and Madison treated you. We mean to leave you alone, and in no way to interfere with your institutions ; to abide by all and every compromise of the Constitution.