 ... 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,...  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 483by William Henry Seward - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare...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... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the states." The other resolutions were strongly condemnatory... | |
 | African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...indieted criminal, and if convicted, a candidate for the gallows; IN THE FIFTH PLAGE THE PROPOSITION FOR A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH A VIEW TO " AN ULTIMATE CONVENTION " OF THE STATES^ is, I THINK , SURROUNDED WITH THE <MOST FEARFUL UNCERTAINTIES AND PERILS. It is a dark... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States. " Retained, That the direct interference... | |
 | History - 1865 - 728 pages
...Constitution, the Constitution has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private rights alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of...efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with the view to an ultimate convention of all the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States." This accomplished, the Convention adjourned,... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 496 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States." This accomplished, the Convention adjourned,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...that at the earliest practicable moment peace may bo restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States. Jtetolved, [(hat the direct interference... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has heen disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and...hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States or other peaceable means, to the eud that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may... | |
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