Proceedings of the ... Republican National ConventionsCharles W. Johnson, 1864 - United States |
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... Arkansas , whose Senators and Representatives are knock- ing at the doors of Congress for admission , after consideration by the Committee on Credentials . It will be time enough to decide against the gallant Free - State men of ...
... Arkansas , whose Senators and Representatives are knock- ing at the doors of Congress for admission , after consideration by the Committee on Credentials . It will be time enough to decide against the gallant Free - State men of ...
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... Arkansas , which , although almost blotted out , has sent here a full delegation of true Union men . We have suffered for three long years ; we have been trampled down beneath the heel of despotism ; many of our people have been carried ...
... Arkansas , which , although almost blotted out , has sent here a full delegation of true Union men . We have suffered for three long years ; we have been trampled down beneath the heel of despotism ; many of our people have been carried ...
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... Arkansas , who have put down that disturbing element which was the source of all our woes . [ Applause . ] We are here ; we claim to be a parcel of you ; and we claim that we have yet a star in the glorious galaxy of the American Union ...
... Arkansas , who have put down that disturbing element which was the source of all our woes . [ Applause . ] We are here ; we claim to be a parcel of you ; and we claim that we have yet a star in the glorious galaxy of the American Union ...
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... Arkansas , and Ten- nessee , and their credentials were ordered to be referred to the Committee on Credentials . Delegates responded from Nevada , Colorado , and Ne- braska , and their credentials received the same reference . The ...
... Arkansas , and Ten- nessee , and their credentials were ordered to be referred to the Committee on Credentials . Delegates responded from Nevada , Colorado , and Ne- braska , and their credentials received the same reference . The ...
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... Arkansas , be admitted to this Convention with all the rights and privileges of delegates , except the right to vote . " The committee report respecting South Carolina , that there is not in their judgment , sufficient reason for the ...
... Arkansas , be admitted to this Convention with all the rights and privileges of delegates , except the right to vote . " The committee report respecting South Carolina , that there is not in their judgment , sufficient reason for the ...
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A. H. REEDER Abraham Lincoln acclamation adopted Alternates Andrew Johnson applause Arkansas BRANDAGEE Chairman Colorado Committee on Credentials DANIEL MACE Delaware Delegates at Large Dickinson District of Columbia gentleman from Kansas gentleman from Pennsylvania give Government Hampshire Hannibal Hamlin Henry honor HORACE MAYNARD Illinois Indiana Iowa J. H. LANE James Jersey John Kansas.—I Kentucky Louisiana loyal LYMAN TREMAINE majority MARSH GIDDINGS Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota minority report Missouri motion was agreed National Union Convention Nebraska Nevada nomination Ohio Oregon P. O. Address Penn.-I present PRESIDENT.-The Chair PRESIDENT.-The gentleman PRESIDENT.-The question PRESTON KING previous question privileges of delegates proposition R. J. BRECKINRIDGE rebellion resolution Rhode Island right to vote rules Secretary SIMON CAMERON six votes Tennessee Territories THADDEUS STEVENS THOMPSON CAMPBELL tion to-day unanimous Union party United vention Vermont votes for Abraham votes for Andrew votes for Hannibal West Virginia WILLIAM York.-I
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Page 58 - That we approve the position taken by the Government that the people of the United States can never regard with indifference the attempt of any European power to overthrow by force, or to supplant by fraud, the institutions of any republican government on the western continent ; and that they will view with extreme jealousy, as menacing to the peace and independence of their own country, the efforts of any such power to obtain new footholds for monarchical governments, sustained by foreign military...
Page 58 - That we deem it essential to the general welfare that harmony should prevail in the national councils, and we regard as worthy of public confidence and official trust those only who cordially indorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions, and which should characterize the administration of the Government.
Page 57 - Resolved, That as slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength, of this rebellion, and as it must be, always and everywhere, hostile to the principles of republican government, justice and the...
Page 57 - Resolved, That we approve the determination of the Government of the United States not to compromise with Rebels, or to offer them any terms of peace, except such as may be based upon an unconditional surrender of their hostility and a return to their just allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 57 - Resolved, That it is the highest duty of every American citizen to maintain against all their enemies the integrity of the Union and the paramount authority of the Constitution and laws of the United States; and that, laying aside all differences of political opinion...
Page 58 - That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources, and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy.
Page 57 - ... in our power to aid the government in quelling by force of arms the rebellion now raging against its authority, and in bringing to the punishment due to their crimes the rebels and traitors arrayed against it.
Page 57 - ... as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the Constitution, the measures and acts which he has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes; that we approve especially the Proclamation of Emancipation...
Page 58 - ... the Constitution, the measures and acts which he has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes; that we approve, especially, the Proclamation of Emancipation, and the employment as Union soldiers of men heretofore held in slavery; and that we have full confidence in his determination to carry these and all other constitutional measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect.
Page 57 - Resolved, That we approve and applaud the practical wisdom, the unselfish patriotism, and the unswerving fidelity to the constitution and the principles of American liberty with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the...