Speeches of Hon. William D. Kelley: Replies of the Hon. William D. Kelley to George Northrop, Esq., in the Joint Debate in the Fourth Congressional District |
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... distinguished competitor . I am here at his request ; I will not say challenged by him , but invited , to meet you and discuss the issues of the day with him . I shall endeavor to do so fearlessly and in the spirit of a patriot ...
... distinguished competitor . I am here at his request ; I will not say challenged by him , but invited , to meet you and discuss the issues of the day with him . I shall endeavor to do so fearlessly and in the spirit of a patriot ...
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... distinguished friend has put a list of questions to me , which I shall answer as I proceed . But I have to ask him to point me to the clause in the Constitution which authorizes the amendment which proposes thus to restrict its ...
... distinguished friend has put a list of questions to me , which I shall answer as I proceed . But I have to ask him to point me to the clause in the Constitution which authorizes the amendment which proposes thus to restrict its ...
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... distinguished antagonist cannot tell us when it happened , I take it for granted that it never happened , and that the Constitution of the United States is still the supreme law of our whole country ; and that when James Buchanan and ...
... distinguished antagonist cannot tell us when it happened , I take it for granted that it never happened , and that the Constitution of the United States is still the supreme law of our whole country ; and that when James Buchanan and ...
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... distinguished competitor to show by what clause of the Constitution Jefferson Davis and his armies deny you the exercise of that right . You , young mechanic , who have no capital but your skill and health - who are tired of labor in ...
... distinguished competitor to show by what clause of the Constitution Jefferson Davis and his armies deny you the exercise of that right . You , young mechanic , who have no capital but your skill and health - who are tired of labor in ...
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... distinguished Democrat , whose career in the United States Senate still reflects lustre upon our State - that distinguished statesman , now tottering toward the grave , presided over the meetings of citizens that stopped those cannon ...
... distinguished Democrat , whose career in the United States Senate still reflects lustre upon our State - that distinguished statesman , now tottering toward the grave , presided over the meetings of citizens that stopped those cannon ...
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Page 84 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 84 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page 83 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 12 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 12 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 47 - I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to bind you ; you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can ; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you.
Page 12 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 84 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 82 - 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 83 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...