The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... Chief - Justice Taney , who thus lived to swear into their high position ten successive Presidents , was in these words : - - " FELLOW - CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES : " In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself , I ...
... Chief - Justice Taney , who thus lived to swear into their high position ten successive Presidents , was in these words : - - " FELLOW - CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES : " In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself , I ...
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... chief magistrate derives all his authority from the people , and they have conferred none upon him to fix the terms for the sep- aration of the States . The people themselves , also , can do this if they choose , but the Executive , as ...
... chief magistrate derives all his authority from the people , and they have conferred none upon him to fix the terms for the sep- aration of the States . The people themselves , also , can do this if they choose , but the Executive , as ...
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... Chief - Justice of the United States , called upon to admin- ister the oath of office to Mr. Lincoln's successor , took the port- folio of the Treasury ; Simon Cameron , of Pennsylvania , be- came Secretary of War ; Gideon Welles , of ...
... Chief - Justice of the United States , called upon to admin- ister the oath of office to Mr. Lincoln's successor , took the port- folio of the Treasury ; Simon Cameron , of Pennsylvania , be- came Secretary of War ; Gideon Welles , of ...
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... Chief . of the Army and Navy thereof , do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter as heretofore the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and the people ...
... Chief . of the Army and Navy thereof , do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter as heretofore the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and the people ...
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... Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States , and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppress- ing said rebellion , do , on this first ...
... Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States , and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppress- ing said rebellion , do , on this first ...
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