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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... REFERRED TO ON PAGE 551 ... ... II . 776 PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW , OF THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER , 1862 , WITH THE ORDERS REFERRED TO ON PAGES 551 AND 554 .................. 777 APPENDIX P. COMMISSION OF ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS TO ...
... REFERRED TO ON PAGE 551 ... ... II . 776 PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW , OF THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER , 1862 , WITH THE ORDERS REFERRED TO ON PAGES 551 AND 554 .................. 777 APPENDIX P. COMMISSION OF ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS TO ...
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... referred to , that no injustice may be done to him by partial extracts . What I quoted him to sustain , was , as clearly appears , the rightfulness of Secession in itself , and no particular theory of mine touching the principles upon ...
... referred to , that no injustice may be done to him by partial extracts . What I quoted him to sustain , was , as clearly appears , the rightfulness of Secession in itself , and no particular theory of mine touching the principles upon ...
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... referred to ! It is not based on the Federal Constitution , but upon the authority that made that Compact . It is based upon principles existing " before and above any and all Constitutions . " It is based upon the Para mount Authority ...
... referred to ! It is not based on the Federal Constitution , but upon the authority that made that Compact . It is based upon principles existing " before and above any and all Constitutions . " It is based upon the Para mount Authority ...
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... referred to , was by no means individually Pro - Slavery in his sentiments . His views upon the Institution are understood to have been very similar to those of Mr. Pinkney and Mr. Clay . Out of the million and half , and more , of men ...
... referred to , was by no means individually Pro - Slavery in his sentiments . His views upon the Institution are understood to have been very similar to those of Mr. Pinkney and Mr. Clay . Out of the million and half , and more , of men ...
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... referred to ? JUDGE BYNUM . I do . But I insist that his offer was a fair one , and that South Carolina and the other Southern States had no just reason to complain of it . They had violated the Constitution in much more important par ...
... referred to ? JUDGE BYNUM . I do . But I insist that his offer was a fair one , and that South Carolina and the other Southern States had no just reason to complain of it . They had violated the Constitution in much more important par ...
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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...