The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volume 17Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1888 - Presidents |
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... appeared on the ground , and , with a shout , rushed against the right flank of the Union army . This unexpected assault sent through McDowell's lines the cry that Johnston had come from the Shenandoah . Other rebel troops were thrown ...
... appeared on the ground , and , with a shout , rushed against the right flank of the Union army . This unexpected assault sent through McDowell's lines the cry that Johnston had come from the Shenandoah . Other rebel troops were thrown ...
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... appeared suddenly on the scene , bringing a new moral and physical element into the contest . This battle was long misrepresented and under- estimated , yet it was , in a sense , decisive in the great struggle . The moral and political ...
... appeared suddenly on the scene , bringing a new moral and physical element into the contest . This battle was long misrepresented and under- estimated , yet it was , in a sense , decisive in the great struggle . The moral and political ...
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... So unbroken and strong was the Union army that Johnston considered himself unable to pursue it , and so equal appeared the fighting qualities of the com- batants that this trial greatly changed the erroneous current of ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 27.
... So unbroken and strong was the Union army that Johnston considered himself unable to pursue it , and so equal appeared the fighting qualities of the com- batants that this trial greatly changed the erroneous current of ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 27.
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... appeared to be a popular demand and a public necessity ; trusting then , as now , that Con- gress would readily ratify them . It is believed that nothing has been done beyond the constitutional competency of Congress . Soon after the ...
... appeared to be a popular demand and a public necessity ; trusting then , as now , that Con- gress would readily ratify them . It is believed that nothing has been done beyond the constitutional competency of Congress . Soon after the ...
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... appearance there can not be justified by any poverty of the American ( English ) language , or in any want of gravity in the subject ; nor is it agreeable to hunt an apology for them in the peculiar character of their author . " Too ...
... appearance there can not be justified by any poverty of the American ( English ) language , or in any want of gravity in the subject ; nor is it agreeable to hunt an apology for them in the peculiar character of their author . " Too ...
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Page 246 - ... or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 240 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 686 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 543 - ON the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide the effects, by negotiation.
Page 247 - 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, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three...
Page 473 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all Acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 686 - If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and...
Page 683 - I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or social capacity. They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men created equal — equal with ' ' certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Page 684 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, 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 the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 246 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...