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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... rebellion , the conspiracy which is now attempting to dismember our country and overturn its Constitution , has engaged the attention of two generations . It engrossed the best years of the later life of John C. Calhoun and his compeers ...
... rebellion , the conspiracy which is now attempting to dismember our country and overturn its Constitution , has engaged the attention of two generations . It engrossed the best years of the later life of John C. Calhoun and his compeers ...
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... rebellion or revolution ? The object in limiting the Presidential term to four years and the Congressional to two was that , if anybody who might get into power should behave badly , we might have an early opportunity to turn him out ...
... rebellion or revolution ? The object in limiting the Presidential term to four years and the Congressional to two was that , if anybody who might get into power should behave badly , we might have an early opportunity to turn him out ...
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... rebellion or revolution never disturbed them . John C. Calhoun , in 1847 , introduced it into the Senate of the United States , embodied in certain resolutions , which Col. Benton moved at once to lay on the table . Calhoun looked at ...
... rebellion or revolution never disturbed them . John C. Calhoun , in 1847 , introduced it into the Senate of the United States , embodied in certain resolutions , which Col. Benton moved at once to lay on the table . Calhoun looked at ...
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... rebellion with which we are now at I proceed now to show that Abraham Lincoln and his friends stand where the fathers of the Democratic party stood ; that they stand where Jackson stood - where Douglas stood where McClellan stood until ...
... rebellion with which we are now at I proceed now to show that Abraham Lincoln and his friends stand where the fathers of the Democratic party stood ; that they stand where Jackson stood - where Douglas stood where McClellan stood until ...
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... rebellion and establishing the Constitution and the code of laws belonging to us , in their supremacy , from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the northeastern point of Maine to the southern point of Texas . I have said that the ...
... rebellion and establishing the Constitution and the code of laws belonging to us , in their supremacy , from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the northeastern point of Maine to the southern point of Texas . I have said that the ...
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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...