Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science: Extra volumes, Volume 3Johns Hopkins Press, 1887 - History |
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... Duty in the Present Disordered Condition of the Country . " His idea was that if concert of action could be had between the Border States and concurring States of the South which had not seceded , stipulations might be obtained from the ...
... Duty in the Present Disordered Condition of the Country . " His idea was that if concert of action could be had between the Border States and concurring States of the South which had not seceded , stipulations might be obtained from the ...
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... duty to make it known to the Governor , so that all loyal and patriotic citizens might be warned in time , and that he might be pre- pared to take immediate and effective measures against it . On the afternoon of the 18th , Governor ...
... duty to make it known to the Governor , so that all loyal and patriotic citizens might be warned in time , and that he might be pre- pared to take immediate and effective measures against it . On the afternoon of the 18th , Governor ...
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... duty to inform you that it is not possible for more soldiers to pass through Baltimore unless they fight their way at every step . I therefore hope and trust and most earnestly request that no more troops be permitted or ordered by the ...
... duty to inform you that it is not possible for more soldiers to pass through Baltimore unless they fight their way at every step . I therefore hope and trust and most earnestly request that no more troops be permitted or ordered by the ...
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... duty would have been confided to the police force , but their services were so imperatively required elsewhere that it would be impossible to detail a sufficient number , and this duty had therefore been entrusted to a detachment of the ...
... duty would have been confided to the police force , but their services were so imperatively required elsewhere that it would be impossible to detail a sufficient number , and this duty had therefore been entrusted to a detachment of the ...
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... duty to the satisfaction of the Board . Some years after the war was over he was elected sheriff , and still later mayor of the city , and in both capacities he enjoyed the respect and regard of the community . It may with propriety be ...
... duty to the satisfaction of the Board . Some years after the war was over he was elected sheriff , and still later mayor of the city , and in both capacities he enjoyed the respect and regard of the community . It may with propriety be ...
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Page 136 - It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that unfortunate race, which prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence, and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted.
Page 21 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Page 22 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will...
Page 21 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 23 - That the new dogma, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 147 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful. This it is, which induces the absolute necessity of expressing upon every commitment the reason for which it is made: that the court upon an habeas corpus may examine into its validity; and according to the circumstances of the case may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner.
Page 31 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 20 - That Hon. Abraham Lincoln is our first and only choice for United States Senator to fill the vacancy about to be created by the expiration of Mr. Douglas's term of office.
Page 150 - ... by secretly hurrying him to gaol, where his sufferings are unknown or forgotten, is a less public, a less striking, and therefore a more dangerous engine of arbitrary government. And yet sometimes, when the state is in real danger, even this may be a necessary measure. But the happiness of our constitution is, that it is not left- to the executive power to determine when the danger of the state is so great, as to render this measure expedient : for...
Page 136 - ... so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; 19 Howard and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced p.«".