A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its Causes, Character, Conduct and Results. Presented in a Series of Colloquies at Liberty HallThis book presents Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, views on the constitutional reasons for the Civil War. |
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... Slave - holding States would not comply with their ac- knowledged obligations under the Constitution . It was a ... power of the sword , we are for the most vigorous prosecution of the war until the Constitu tion and laws shall be ...
... Slave - holding States would not comply with their ac- knowledged obligations under the Constitution . It was a ... power of the sword , we are for the most vigorous prosecution of the war until the Constitu tion and laws shall be ...
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... Slavery , " * In speaking of Mr. Petigru's imperturbable temper his biographer says : " At another time he was assailed in the court - yard with the ... Slave Power , " the " Slavery Oligarchy 52 [ VOL . II . CONSTITUTIONAL VIEW OF THE WAR .
... Slavery , " * In speaking of Mr. Petigru's imperturbable temper his biographer says : " At another time he was assailed in the court - yard with the ... Slave Power , " the " Slavery Oligarchy 52 [ VOL . II . CONSTITUTIONAL VIEW OF THE WAR .
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... Slave Power , " the " Slavery Oligarchy , " the " Slave Driver , " etc. , I can promise you , in advance , that nothing that our friend , the Judge , here can say upon these sub- jects , or any other within the range of our ...
... Slave Power , " the " Slavery Oligarchy , " the " Slave Driver , " etc. , I can promise you , in advance , that nothing that our friend , the Judge , here can say upon these sub- jects , or any other within the range of our ...
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... Slave Power , showed its Hydra head with many of its hideous features . But for its imperious arrogance and domineering insolence , Slavery then and there in accord- ance with the promptings of the Christian and Philan- thropic ...
... Slave Power , showed its Hydra head with many of its hideous features . But for its imperious arrogance and domineering insolence , Slavery then and there in accord- ance with the promptings of the Christian and Philan- thropic ...
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... Slave population . By this arrangement the man who owned five Slaves was endowed with as much political power as three free white men . It was this undue Slave Power which enabled the South- ern States to carry in after times the like ...
... Slave population . By this arrangement the man who owned five Slaves was endowed with as much political power as three free white men . It was this undue Slave Power which enabled the South- ern States to carry in after times the like ...
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Page 678 - 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 675 - The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 126 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 672 - No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 82 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Page 109 - 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 635 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...
Page 149 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Page 678 - Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions: 16. To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United 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.
Page 596 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...