...understood in Congress when the following resolution was passed, which has not been repealed, viz. : " That the present deplorable civil war has been forced...Constitutional Government, and in arms around the Cap40 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND itol ; that in this National emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling...

...demanded by Mr. Burnett, Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced...by the disunionists of the southern States now in revolt against the constitutional government, and in arms around the capital. And it was decided in...

...the States unimpaired. Resolution submitted by Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, declaring that the present civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the south, and that it is prosecuted by the federal authorities, not for any purpose of conquest or subjugation,...

...authentic form, the motive and aim of the prodigious conflict now entering on its second stage : — "That the present deplorable civil war has been forced...constitutional government, and in arms around the Capitol." (Yeas 121, nays 2.) " That, in this national emergency, Congress, banishing all feelings...

...endorse the following resolution of the Congress of the United States, namely : " That the present civil war has been forced upon the country by the...constitutional government, and in arms around the capitol ; that in this national emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment,...

...Crittenden, of Kentucky: " Xetolred, by tAe House, of Repretentativet of the Congrts* ofthe United Statet, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced...by the disunionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional Government, and in arms around the capital; that in this national...

...adopted by that body with but two dissenting votes, which resolutions read as follows, in substance : That the present deplorable civil war has been forced...by the disunionists of the- Southern States, now in revolt against the Constitutional Government, and in aud around the Capital. That in this national...

...entering on its second stage : — "That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon tbe country by the disunionists of the Southern States...constitutional government, and in arms around the Capitol." (Teas 121, nays 2.) " That, in this national emergency, Congress, banishing all feelings...

...I take leave to transcribe as conclusive on the question whether we are really at war. " Resolved, That the present deplorable CIVIL WAR has been forced...disunionists of the Southern States, now in arms against the constitution al Government, and in anna around the capitol; that in this national emergency, Congress,...

...filled it with terror. Uader this influence it adopted the resolution of Mr, Crittenden, declaring '.' That the present deplorable Civil War has ' been forced upon the country by the Disun* ioniats of the Southern States, now in arms c against the Constitutional Government and in arms...