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... Academy at West Point . Views of the Secretary of War in rela tion to the large disaffection of military officers who were educated at the national Military . Academy at West Point . Report of the board of visitors to the Military Academy ...
... Academy at West Point . Views of the Secretary of War in rela tion to the large disaffection of military officers who were educated at the national Military . Academy at West Point . Report of the board of visitors to the Military Academy ...
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... Academy at West Point . Report of the .... Bonita and other vessels engaged in the slave trade . Report of the capture of the brig .. Bridge across the Potomac , as a military necessity . Recommenda- tion by the Secretary of War for the ...
... Academy at West Point . Report of the .... Bonita and other vessels engaged in the slave trade . Report of the capture of the brig .. Bridge across the Potomac , as a military necessity . Recommenda- tion by the Secretary of War for the ...
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... academy . Resolution communicated by the secretary of the board of visitors to the Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point , requesting him to communicate to said board the names of the Cadets at the Military Academy at ...
... academy . Resolution communicated by the secretary of the board of visitors to the Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point , requesting him to communicate to said board the names of the Cadets at the Military Academy at ...
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... Academy at West Point . Reports of the majority and minority of the board of visitors to the ..... Militia and volunteers to suppress the insurrection in certain south- ern States . Information by the President in relation to calls made ...
... Academy at West Point . Reports of the majority and minority of the board of visitors to the ..... Militia and volunteers to suppress the insurrection in certain south- ern States . Information by the President in relation to calls made ...
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... Academy . ( See Board of Visitors . ) Volunteers and militia to suppress the insurrection of certain south- ern States of the Union . Information by the President in relation to calls made by him for ..... Vol . No. Page . 1 2 62 1 2 1 ...
... Academy . ( See Board of Visitors . ) Volunteers and militia to suppress the insurrection of certain south- ern States of the Union . Information by the President in relation to calls made by him for ..... Vol . No. Page . 1 2 62 1 2 1 ...
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Page 14 - The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status. If they break from this, they can only do so against law and by revolution.
Page 17 - I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that while in this, the government's hour of trial, large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored with the offices have resigned and proved false to the hand which had pampered them, not one common soldier or common sailor is known to have deserted his flag.
Page 10 - The people of Virginia have thus allowed this giant insurrection to make its nest within her borders ; and this government has no choice left but to deal with it where it finds it. And it has the less regret, as the loyal citizens have, in due form, claimed its protection. Those loyal citizens this government is bound to recognize, and protect, as being Virginia. In the border States, so called — in fact, the middle States — there are those who favor a policy which they call "armed neutrality...
Page 6 - Simultaneously, and in connexion with all this. the purpose to sever the Federal Union was openly avowed. In accordance with this purpose, an ordinance had been adopted in each of these States, declaring the States, respectively, to be separated from the National Union. A formula for instituting a combined government of these States had been promulgated; and this illegal organization, in the character of confederate States, was already invoking recognition, aid, and intervention, from foreign Powers.
Page 79 - The duty upon wool of the sheep or hair of the camel. Angora goat, alpaca, and other like animals of any class which shall be changed in its character or condition for the purpose of evading the duty, or which shall be reduced in value by the admixture of dirt or any other foreign substance, shall be twice the duty to which it would be otherwise subject.
Page 9 - Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation.
Page 5 - Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit...