The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5Houghton, Mifflin, 1890 - Legislators |
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... maintain just and peaceful relations between the United States and all the nations of the world . His expsular system , which at an early period became self - sustaining , was perfected and made an im- portant branch of foreign ...
... maintain just and peaceful relations between the United States and all the nations of the world . His expsular system , which at an early period became self - sustaining , was perfected and made an im- portant branch of foreign ...
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... maintain that the flag of the United States covers with its protection the slaves of the slaveholding class on the high seas . " Mr. Seward had been in office but a few days when formal over- tures were made to him by the secessionists ...
... maintain that the flag of the United States covers with its protection the slaves of the slaveholding class on the high seas . " Mr. Seward had been in office but a few days when formal over- tures were made to him by the secessionists ...
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... maintain . My first complaint of unkindness at the hands of any of my fellow citizens re- mains yet to be made , and I think it may with safety be still longer deferred . 1 To Sumner Stebbins , M. D. , Unionville , Chester County , Penn ...
... maintain . My first complaint of unkindness at the hands of any of my fellow citizens re- mains yet to be made , and I think it may with safety be still longer deferred . 1 To Sumner Stebbins , M. D. , Unionville , Chester County , Penn ...
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... MAINTAIN " the freedom proclaimed . Mr. Lincoln characterized the suggestion as " very judicious , " and favored its adoption . The modification was concurred in unan- imously . Mr. Seward then further proposed that in the passage ...
... MAINTAIN " the freedom proclaimed . Mr. Lincoln characterized the suggestion as " very judicious , " and favored its adoption . The modification was concurred in unan- imously . Mr. Seward then further proposed that in the passage ...
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... maintain a strict neutrality with France and Mexico while the war between the two nations had a legitimate character , he maintained that the United States could not renounce the doctrine that the continuance of free republican in ...
... maintain a strict neutrality with France and Mexico while the war between the two nations had a legitimate character , he maintained that the United States could not renounce the doctrine that the continuance of free republican in ...
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Page 578 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 579 - ... that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 578 - States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 483 - ... justice. humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 579 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 578 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 339 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 184 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 578 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 339 - ... arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto; and no person engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service.