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... unless it be the cruel orders of his government . If he makes the effort , he will find much greater difficulties in the way of his advance for the next hundred miles than those encountered during his march from Dalton to Atlanta ...
... unless it be the cruel orders of his government . If he makes the effort , he will find much greater difficulties in the way of his advance for the next hundred miles than those encountered during his march from Dalton to Atlanta ...
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... Unless this army , " wrote General Greene , " is better supported than I see any prospect of , the country is lost beyond redemp- tion , for it is impossible to struggle much longer under present difficulties . " " If the French , " he ...
... Unless this army , " wrote General Greene , " is better supported than I see any prospect of , the country is lost beyond redemp- tion , for it is impossible to struggle much longer under present difficulties . " " If the French , " he ...
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... unless in necessary self - defence ; and I recommend to them that in all cases , when allowed , they labour faith- fully for reasonable wages . And I further declare and make known that such persons , of suitable condition , will be ...
... unless in necessary self - defence ; and I recommend to them that in all cases , when allowed , they labour faith- fully for reasonable wages . And I further declare and make known that such persons , of suitable condition , will be ...
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... unless the white man , who claims to be his superior or master , is properly educated as well ? To get the black man ' up , " the white man must be first got up to the proper mark or standard , or he will use all his instrumentalities ...
... unless the white man , who claims to be his superior or master , is properly educated as well ? To get the black man ' up , " the white man must be first got up to the proper mark or standard , or he will use all his instrumentalities ...
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... unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtaiued ; and when so suspended , he has utterly neglected to attend to them . He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people , unless ...
... unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtaiued ; and when so suspended , he has utterly neglected to attend to them . He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people , unless ...
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Page 22 - Term, be elected, as follows 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
Page 44 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 25 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 42 - ... is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 21 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.
Page 21 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 13 - ... such of the powers of congress as the United States in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the voice of nine states In the congress of the United States assembled is requisite, ARTICLE XI.