Union-disunion-reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885 |
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... BILL OF ATTAINDER ITS MON- STROSITY -FORCE BILL AND ITS FATE LIBERTY ECLIPSED DEMOCRATIC - - - - PAGES 241-257 CHAPTER XIII . FOREIGN RELATIONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR . GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZES THE CONFEDERACY - BELLIGERENT RIGHTS ...
... BILL OF ATTAINDER ITS MON- STROSITY -FORCE BILL AND ITS FATE LIBERTY ECLIPSED DEMOCRATIC - - - - PAGES 241-257 CHAPTER XIII . FOREIGN RELATIONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR . GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZES THE CONFEDERACY - BELLIGERENT RIGHTS ...
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... BILL IN THE HOUSE - MILITARY PROVISIONAL GOVERNORS THE QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CON- GRESS CONGRESS IT FAILS TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT POLICY ADOPTED BY HIM- CRITICISMS OF HIS PARTY COLN'S MODERATE VIEWS NEGRO ...
... BILL IN THE HOUSE - MILITARY PROVISIONAL GOVERNORS THE QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CON- GRESS CONGRESS IT FAILS TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT POLICY ADOPTED BY HIM- CRITICISMS OF HIS PARTY COLN'S MODERATE VIEWS NEGRO ...
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... BILL , - CHAPTER XXVII . PAGES 464-479 RECONSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT . FIVE MILITARY DISTRICT DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTH VIRGINIA THE FIRST PROVISIONS OF THE LEGISLATION HIS REPLY - CALL ON THE PRESIDENT FOR INFORMATION ...
... BILL , - CHAPTER XXVII . PAGES 464-479 RECONSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT . FIVE MILITARY DISTRICT DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTH VIRGINIA THE FIRST PROVISIONS OF THE LEGISLATION HIS REPLY - CALL ON THE PRESIDENT FOR INFORMATION ...
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... BILL OF GRACE WITHOUT GRACE , AND PUNITORY PARDON AND CIVIL OPPRESSION HOPES OF RECON- CILIATION MOCKED- SPURIOUS ... BILLS- — POLITICAL OATHS IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND - THE PURITAN ATTITUDE NOTABLE CHANGE IN ENGLISH SENTI- MENT AND LAW ...
... BILL OF GRACE WITHOUT GRACE , AND PUNITORY PARDON AND CIVIL OPPRESSION HOPES OF RECON- CILIATION MOCKED- SPURIOUS ... BILLS- — POLITICAL OATHS IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND - THE PURITAN ATTITUDE NOTABLE CHANGE IN ENGLISH SENTI- MENT AND LAW ...
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... BILL , PAGES 669–676 · CHAPTER XXXIX . THE INAUGURATION OF DEMOCRACY AND CLEVELAND . - THE PROVINCE OF HISTORY WHAT THE SOUTH HAS DONE TO RECU- PERATE -BLACK AND WHITE -NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION- THE PLATFORM OF 1884- GOVERNOR CLEVELAND ...
... BILL , PAGES 669–676 · CHAPTER XXXIX . THE INAUGURATION OF DEMOCRACY AND CLEVELAND . - THE PROVINCE OF HISTORY WHAT THE SOUTH HAS DONE TO RECU- PERATE -BLACK AND WHITE -NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION- THE PLATFORM OF 1884- GOVERNOR CLEVELAND ...
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Page 240 - Go through, go through the gates ; prepare ye the way of the people ; cast up, cast up the highway ; gather out the stones ; lift up a standard for the people.
Page 338 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court...
Page 103 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
Page 102 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion...
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Page 350 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 373 - Under this article of the constitution it rests with congress to decide what government is the established one in a State. For as the United States guarantee to each State a republican government, congress -must necessarily decide what government is established in the State before it can determine whether it is republican or not.
Page 103 - ... that the several states •who formed that Instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
Page 610 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God!