Union-disunion-reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885 |
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... PATRIOTISM OF THE DEMOCRACY - INCREASE OF OUR AREA AND POWER UNDER DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION THE NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AND SOLDIERS JUDGE BLACK ON THE CARPET - BAGGER -HORACE GREELEY TRIED , AS A BRIDGE FOR HONESTY AND AMNESTY ...
... PATRIOTISM OF THE DEMOCRACY - INCREASE OF OUR AREA AND POWER UNDER DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION THE NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AND SOLDIERS JUDGE BLACK ON THE CARPET - BAGGER -HORACE GREELEY TRIED , AS A BRIDGE FOR HONESTY AND AMNESTY ...
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... patriotism . In 1864 each state of the Union was invited by Congress to erect in this hall the statues of two of its most illustrious civic or martial heroes . Rhode Island was the first to respond to the invitation . She sent , in 1871 ...
... patriotism . In 1864 each state of the Union was invited by Congress to erect in this hall the statues of two of its most illustrious civic or martial heroes . Rhode Island was the first to respond to the invitation . She sent , in 1871 ...
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... patriotism of the country . " There was a boldness in this report , and in his speech in favor of the Resolutions which were afterwards adopted , that was characteristic of the man and of the period . Randolph opposed the report . He ...
... patriotism of the country . " There was a boldness in this report , and in his speech in favor of the Resolutions which were afterwards adopted , that was characteristic of the man and of the period . Randolph opposed the report . He ...
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... patriotism was boundless and impulsive . In 1811 and 1812 , when he was a member of the Kentucky Legislature , he received martial honor from Governor Shelby , who had no toleration for Great Britain . Young Crittenden was his aid - de ...
... patriotism was boundless and impulsive . In 1811 and 1812 , when he was a member of the Kentucky Legislature , he received martial honor from Governor Shelby , who had no toleration for Great Britain . Young Crittenden was his aid - de ...
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... patriotism , fashioned in the better mould of an earlier day , the distinguished statesman who has just spoken , Mr. Crittenden , whose praise of Douglas , living , I love to quote , and whose praise of Douglas , dead , to which we have ...
... patriotism , fashioned in the better mould of an earlier day , the distinguished statesman who has just spoken , Mr. Crittenden , whose praise of Douglas , living , I love to quote , and whose praise of Douglas , dead , to which we have ...
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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...
Page 117 - Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.
Page 160 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
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!