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... to be indestructible , and that an Englishman hardly feels himself a foreigner in America , or an American in England . While the revolt was yet to come , Earl Russell had communicated to Lord Lyons , then Her Majesty's Chap .
... to be indestructible , and that an Englishman hardly feels himself a foreigner in America , or an American in England . While the revolt was yet to come , Earl Russell had communicated to Lord Lyons , then Her Majesty's Chap .
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... Earl Russell by Mr. Dallas . He at the same time placed in Lord Russell's hands a copy of a circular , dated 20th April , which had been addressed by Mr. Seward to the Ministers of the United States at foreign Courts , and in which the ...
... Earl Russell by Mr. Dallas . He at the same time placed in Lord Russell's hands a copy of a circular , dated 20th April , which had been addressed by Mr. Seward to the Ministers of the United States at foreign Courts , and in which the ...
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... Earl Russell ( then Lord John Russell ) , answering a question put by Mr. Ewart , said : " Her Majesty's Government has felt that it was its duty to use every possible means to avoid taking any part in the lamentable contest now raging ...
... Earl Russell ( then Lord John Russell ) , answering a question put by Mr. Ewart , said : " Her Majesty's Government has felt that it was its duty to use every possible means to avoid taking any part in the lamentable contest now raging ...
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... Earl Russell has taken Her Majesty's pleasure thereupon , and you are to understand that at the ports of the out - islands , as at Nassau , the special leave of the Governor himself is required ( unless in stress of weather ) by any ...
... Earl Russell has taken Her Majesty's pleasure thereupon , and you are to understand that at the ports of the out - islands , as at Nassau , the special leave of the Governor himself is required ( unless in stress of weather ) by any ...
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... Earl Russell . - Ground taken by Mr. Seward . - Later Positions of the American Government.- Positions of the Government of Great Britain . - Observations . MR . ADAMS , who had been appointed by President Lincoln to succeed Mr. Dallas ...
... Earl Russell . - Ground taken by Mr. Seward . - Later Positions of the American Government.- Positions of the Government of Great Britain . - Observations . MR . ADAMS , who had been appointed by President Lincoln to succeed Mr. Dallas ...
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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.