Echoes from the South: Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South During the Late WarThis work contains speeches, addresses, and public records from the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
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... Constitution of the United States of America . " Whereas , In addition to ... old Union , proclaimed to the world that war should be waged against such ... old Union of the United States would be disgraceful and ruinous to the State of ...
... Constitution of the United States of America . " Whereas , In addition to ... old Union , proclaimed to the world that war should be waged against such ... old Union of the United States would be disgraceful and ruinous to the State of ...
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... old Constitution , is still main- tained and secured . All the essentials of the old Constitution , which have endeared it to the hearts of the American people , have been preserved and perpetuated . ( Applause . ) Some changes have ...
... old Constitution , is still main- tained and secured . All the essentials of the old Constitution , which have endeared it to the hearts of the American people , have been preserved and perpetuated . ( Applause . ) Some changes have ...
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... old Con- stitution , is put at rest forever under the new . We allow the imposition of no duty with a view of giving ... Constitution was , at least , a doubtful one - it rested solely upon construction . We , of the South , generally apart ...
... old Con- stitution , is put at rest forever under the new . We allow the imposition of no duty with a view of giving ... Constitution was , at least , a doubtful one - it rested solely upon construction . We , of the South , generally apart ...
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... old Constitution a Secretary of the Treasury , for instance , had no opportunity , save by his annual reports , of presenting any scheme or plan of finance or other matter . He had no opportunity of explaining , expounding , enforcing ...
... old Constitution a Secretary of the Treasury , for instance , had no opportunity , save by his annual reports , of presenting any scheme or plan of finance or other matter . He had no opportunity of explaining , expounding , enforcing ...
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... Constitution it is six years instead of four , and the President rendered ... Constitution has put at rest , forever , all agitating questions relating to ... old Union would split . " He was right . What was conjecture with him is now ...
... Constitution it is six years instead of four , and the President rendered ... Constitution has put at rest , forever , all agitating questions relating to ... old Union would split . " He was right . What was conjecture with him is now ...
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Page 49 - Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 58 - 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 adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 59 - 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 114 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
Page 87 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 127 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reap126 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. pointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Page 68 - Constitution, are hereby repealed and abrogated; that the union between the State of Virginia and the other States under the Constitution aforesaid is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Virginia is in the full possession and exercise of all the rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Page 127 - President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
Page 76 - Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government and the inalienable rights of the people of the States will prevent...
Page 109 - The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other Federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.