The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5Redfield, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... preparation of this volume we have been encouraged in the belief that material of history was being gathered which would otherwise be inaccessible to the public . The contents of the volume require but few prefatory remarks . The MEMOIR ...
... preparation of this volume we have been encouraged in the belief that material of history was being gathered which would otherwise be inaccessible to the public . The contents of the volume require but few prefatory remarks . The MEMOIR ...
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... prepared for the great proclamation . At noon on that day , Mr Seward took the engrossed copy to the executive mansion , where , in the council chamber of the President , it was signed by Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward , and after- ward ...
... prepared for the great proclamation . At noon on that day , Mr Seward took the engrossed copy to the executive mansion , where , in the council chamber of the President , it was signed by Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward , and after- ward ...
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... prepared to acquiesce . The action of the caucus was the more un- reasonable in this case , because the Secretary of State was in no wise responsible for the military disasters . Rather than consent to the proposed change , the whole ...
... prepared to acquiesce . The action of the caucus was the more un- reasonable in this case , because the Secretary of State was in no wise responsible for the military disasters . Rather than consent to the proposed change , the whole ...
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... prepared a des- patch 2 to Mr. Dayton of remarkable ability , giving the reasons for declining to enter into diplomatic discussion with the insur- gents . In the autumn of 1864 , the canvass for the Presidential election opened under ...
... prepared a des- patch 2 to Mr. Dayton of remarkable ability , giving the reasons for declining to enter into diplomatic discussion with the insur- gents . In the autumn of 1864 , the canvass for the Presidential election opened under ...
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... preparation of the following proclamation of Thanksgiving to be issued by the President . In this view , the document has additional interest . PROCLAMATION . Whereas , it has pleased Almighty God , during the year which is now coming ...
... preparation of the following proclamation of Thanksgiving to be issued by the President . In this view , the document has additional interest . PROCLAMATION . Whereas , it has pleased Almighty God , during the year which is now coming ...
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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...