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... Senators to Congress in Washington . question relative to their admission to seats was discussed , but not decided by the Senate . The On September 22d , the rebel Legislature of the State assembled . Thirteen members were present in the ...
... Senators to Congress in Washington . question relative to their admission to seats was discussed , but not decided by the Senate . The On September 22d , the rebel Legislature of the State assembled . Thirteen members were present in the ...
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... Senator Wilson , Chairman of the Military Committee of the Senate , that between October , 1863 , and June , 1864 , 600,000 white troops had been raised ; or that of Mr. Whit- ARMY , UNITED STATES . 33.
... Senator Wilson , Chairman of the Military Committee of the Senate , that between October , 1863 , and June , 1864 , 600,000 white troops had been raised ; or that of Mr. Whit- ARMY , UNITED STATES . 33.
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... Senator from Wisconsin , and M. B. Anderson , LL . D. , were appointed a committee to convey the resolutions to the President of the United States . Hon . Ira Harris , U. S. Senator from New York , was elected President of the Union for ...
... Senator from Wisconsin , and M. B. Anderson , LL . D. , were appointed a committee to convey the resolutions to the President of the United States . Hon . Ira Harris , U. S. Senator from New York , was elected President of the Union for ...
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... Senate , just one - half the number of Representatives , are chosen for eight years , and one - half of their number retire every fourth year . To be eligible as a Senator , it is necessary to be a Belgian by birth or naturali- zation ...
... Senate , just one - half the number of Representatives , are chosen for eight years , and one - half of their number retire every fourth year . To be eligible as a Senator , it is necessary to be a Belgian by birth or naturali- zation ...
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... Senate by one vote . The Legislature of Virginia instructed her Senators to vote for it . Whereupon it was reconsidered in the Senate in the following form : A Bill to Increase the Military Forces of the Confeder ate States . The ...
... Senate by one vote . The Legislature of Virginia instructed her Senators to vote for it . Whereupon it was reconsidered in the Senate in the following form : A Bill to Increase the Military Forces of the Confeder ate States . The ...
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Page 310 - States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violen«1.
Page 330 - 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 197 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 332 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 253 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution, which we now present,...
Page 150 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 330 - 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 273 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 233 - That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions, because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried.
Page 67 - With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.