The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc, Volume 2Frank Moore G. P. Putnam, 1862 - United States |
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... persons or the Gov- ernment on terms of peace , and advises such a policy toward the citizens of the belligerent ... person of the Western Virginia forces . He expects to have 15,000 men in the field before Saturday night . - N . Y ...
... persons or the Gov- ernment on terms of peace , and advises such a policy toward the citizens of the belligerent ... person of the Western Virginia forces . He expects to have 15,000 men in the field before Saturday night . - N . Y ...
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... person , and intends command the acquiescence of loyal citizens . to prosecute the war vigorously .— ( Doc . 34. ) They are utterly without authority ; they have no validity in law or public exigency , and im- pose no binding obligation ...
... person , and intends command the acquiescence of loyal citizens . to prosecute the war vigorously .— ( Doc . 34. ) They are utterly without authority ; they have no validity in law or public exigency , and im- pose no binding obligation ...
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... person whatsoever , with or without passports , ( except from the War Department , ) will be permitted to enter the lines occupied by the Army of the Potomac with intention to pass thence or thereafter into the United States or the ...
... person whatsoever , with or without passports , ( except from the War Department , ) will be permitted to enter the lines occupied by the Army of the Potomac with intention to pass thence or thereafter into the United States or the ...
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... person who has erased his name says that his signature was obtained un- der false pretences . One or two say that they were informed that it was a petition to the Common Council for an appropriation for the Central Park , and that it ...
... person who has erased his name says that his signature was obtained un- der false pretences . One or two say that they were informed that it was a petition to the Common Council for an appropriation for the Central Park , and that it ...
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... persons captured at sea , as follows : - 1. All persons captured at sea and placed in custody of the Marshals , are at once to be con- fined in such manner as to prevent their ob- two miles west from Beverly , which is on the east side ...
... persons captured at sea , as follows : - 1. All persons captured at sea and placed in custody of the Marshals , are at once to be con- fined in such manner as to prevent their ob- two miles west from Beverly , which is on the east side ...
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advance arms army artillery attack battery battle Beauregard Blackburn's Ford bridge brigade Bull Run camp cannon Capt Captain captured cavalry Centreville citizens Colonel column command companies Confederate Congress Constitution declared division duty enemy enemy's engaged Executive Fairfax Court House Federal field fight fire flag flank force ford Fortress Monroe front Government guard guns Hampton's Legion head-quarters Heintzelman hill honor horses hundred infantry July July 26 killed Lieut Lieutenant Major Manassas Manassas Junction mand McClellan McDowell ment miles military Missouri morning North o'clock officers party passed patriotic position President prisoners rear rebellion rebels regi regiment retreat Richmond rifled road secession Second sent shot side skirmishers slave slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern Tennessee thousand tion to-day troops Union United Virginia Volunteers wagons Warrenton turnpike Washington woods wounded York Zouaves
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Page 176 - Government. The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 312 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 316 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 311 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Page 313 - States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States...
Page 313 - Nations ; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years ; 18 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Page 313 - The importation of negroes of the African race, from any foreign country, other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
Page 313 - States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 216 - To state the question more directly, are all the laws but one to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces lest that one be violated?
Page 316 - No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or [unlawfully carried into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slave belongs, or to whom such service or labor may be due.