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Page 188
... Captain Wilkes , the officer in command , having satisfied himself of the identity of the Commissioners and ascertained their intended move- ments , coaled and put to sea immediately , with the design of intercepting the Trent on her ...
... Captain Wilkes , the officer in command , having satisfied himself of the identity of the Commissioners and ascertained their intended move- ments , coaled and put to sea immediately , with the design of intercepting the Trent on her ...
Page 190
... Captain Wilkes's report of the transaction to the Secretary of the Navy , after stating that he had been in expectation of receiving a telegraphic despatch from the American Consul - General at Havana giving the time of the Trent's ...
... Captain Wilkes's report of the transaction to the Secretary of the Navy , after stating that he had been in expectation of receiving a telegraphic despatch from the American Consul - General at Havana giving the time of the Trent's ...
Page 192
... Captain Wilkes , on going ashore , they were treated " with great courtesy and attention . " They were taken to Boston harbour , and there imprisoned in Fort Warren . The decision formed by the British Government on receiving this grave ...
... Captain Wilkes , on going ashore , they were treated " with great courtesy and attention . " They were taken to Boston harbour , and there imprisoned in Fort Warren . The decision formed by the British Government on receiving this grave ...
Page 194
... Captain Wilkes's exploit had been received with general but not unanimous applause . From his official superior , the Secretary of the Navy , he received warm congratulations . " Your conduct in seizing these public enemies has the ...
... Captain Wilkes's exploit had been received with general but not unanimous applause . From his official superior , the Secretary of the Navy , he received warm congratulations . " Your conduct in seizing these public enemies has the ...
Page 201
... Captain Wilkes , not showing colours , was observed ahead . That steamer on being neared by the Trent , at 1 o'clock 15 minutes in the afternoon , fired a round shot from a pivot - gun across her bows , and showed American colours ...
... Captain Wilkes , not showing colours , was observed ahead . That steamer on being neared by the Trent , at 1 o'clock 15 minutes in the afternoon , fired a round shot from a pivot - gun across her bows , and showed American colours ...
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Page 2 - Resolved, that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 71 - 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 ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country...
Page 24 - 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...
Page 93 - The true test of its existence, as found in the writings of the sages of the common law, may be thus summarily stated; when the regular course of justice is interrupted by revolt, rebellion, or insurrection, so that the courts of justice cannot be kept open, civil war exists, and hostilities may be prosecuted on the same footing as if those opposing the government were foreign enemies invading the land.
Page 266 - ... in either of which cases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (as the case may be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours...
Page 17 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 37 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 135 - ... with the advice of our privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation...
Page 61 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 95 - ex majore cautela" and in anticipation of such astute objections, passing an act "approving, legalizing, and making valid all the acts, proclamations, and orders of the President, &c., as if they had been issued and done under the previous express authority and direction of the Congress of the United States.