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The DIARY , OR NOTES ON THE WAR , in this volume , is made from the Diplomatic Correspondence , being those portions of Mr. Seward's almost daily despatches to our Ministers abroad , designed to give them authentic annals of the ...
The DIARY , OR NOTES ON THE WAR , in this volume , is made from the Diplomatic Correspondence , being those portions of Mr. Seward's almost daily despatches to our Ministers abroad , designed to give them authentic annals of the ...
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In that friendly communication you give me a report of certain speeches made in your neighborhood with a view to affect the private character of the President of the United States , and also my own . I am not appointed or authorized to ...
In that friendly communication you give me a report of certain speeches made in your neighborhood with a view to affect the private character of the President of the United States , and also my own . I am not appointed or authorized to ...
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The places of those who personally volunteer will be retained for them until the expiration of their time of service.1 When asked for " words to encourage enlistments " he responded : " I give them , the United States , the greatest of ...
The places of those who personally volunteer will be retained for them until the expiration of their time of service.1 When asked for " words to encourage enlistments " he responded : " I give them , the United States , the greatest of ...
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On the 20th of May , 1862 , it was ratified , and Congress proceeded at once to give effect to its provisions . The result was the total eradication of the nefarious traffic . In 1866 , Mr. Seward was able to suggest the withdrawal of ...
On the 20th of May , 1862 , it was ratified , and Congress proceeded at once to give effect to its provisions . The result was the total eradication of the nefarious traffic . In 1866 , Mr. Seward was able to suggest the withdrawal of ...
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SIR , I regret to state that a serious accident has occurred to the Secretary of State and that his injuries are so severe as to render it impossible , for the present , that he should give any attention to matters of official ...
SIR , I regret to state that a serious accident has occurred to the Secretary of State and that his injuries are so severe as to render it impossible , for the present , that he should give any attention to matters of official ...
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Page 595 - ... 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 499 - ... justice. humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 594 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as 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 594 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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...
Page 347 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : —
Page 192 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 594 - 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 595 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 602 - Straits on the parallel of sixty-five degrees thirty minutes north latitude, at its intersection by the meridian which passes midway between the islands of Krusenstern or Ignalook, and the island of Ratmanoff, or Noonarbook, and proceeds due north without limitation, into the same Frozen Ocean.
Page 601 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...