American people, that, after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every... Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 257by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
| William Henry Seward - New York (State) - 1884 - 652 pages
...and Caesar agreed at Niagara that Pompey should do at Chicago. Here is what he actually did : — " Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare,...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity of war, a power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...platform which meant peace; then they adopted a candidate intended to symbolise successful war. They resolved " that this Convention does explicitly declare,...failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern. " v of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every... | |
| History - 1865 - 728 pages
...framework of Government equally conducive to the prosperity of all the States both Northern and Southern. " That this Convention does explicitly declare as the...Union by the experiment of war, during which, under pretence of military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution has been... | |
| James M. Hiatt - United States - 1865 - 304 pages
...equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern. Hetolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...which embodied the spirit of the Convention, and shaped the succeeding canvass, was as follows : — Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare,...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has... | |
| David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...platform of the party, as laid down by this convention, set forth, among other things, the following : "Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare,...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - United States - 1865 - 1244 pages
...government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both northern and southern. "Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare,...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...embodied the spirit of the Convention, and shaped the succeeding canvass, was as follows:— RttolrtJ., That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1865 - 728 pages
...framework of Government equally conducive to the prosperity of all the States both Northern and Southern. " That this Convention does explicitly declare as the...Union by the experiment of war, during which, under pretence of military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution has been... | |
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