Twenty Years of Congress: from Lincoln to Garfield: With a Review of the Events which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860, Volume 1 |
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... ConfederaTES ON THE SEA . - DETAILS GIVEN.- SO - CALLED NEUTRALITY . - FRENCH ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH AN EMPIRE IN MEXICO . LORD PALMERSTON IN 1848 , IN 1859 , Ix 1861. — CONCLUDING OBSER- VATIONS - - - ADDENDUM ERRATUM APPENDICES ...
... ConfederaTES ON THE SEA . - DETAILS GIVEN.- SO - CALLED NEUTRALITY . - FRENCH ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH AN EMPIRE IN MEXICO . LORD PALMERSTON IN 1848 , IN 1859 , Ix 1861. — CONCLUDING OBSER- VATIONS - - - ADDENDUM ERRATUM APPENDICES ...
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... confederacy of their own . To make such a confederacy effective , they must not take from the Union a relatively small section , but must divide it from ocean to ocean . They could not acquire a majority of the total population , but ...
... confederacy of their own . To make such a confederacy effective , they must not take from the Union a relatively small section , but must divide it from ocean to ocean . They could not acquire a majority of the total population , but ...
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... Confederacy in actual ex- istence , with the ordinary departments of government in regular operation , with a name and a flag and a great seal , and all the insig- nia of national sovereignty visible . It is a suggestive fact that , in ...
... Confederacy in actual ex- istence , with the ordinary departments of government in regular operation , with a name and a flag and a great seal , and all the insig- nia of national sovereignty visible . It is a suggestive fact that , in ...
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... Confederacy . They had gone through what they deemed the complete process of separation from the Union , without the slightest obstruction from any quarter and without the interposition of any authority from the National Government ...
... Confederacy . They had gone through what they deemed the complete process of separation from the Union , without the slightest obstruction from any quarter and without the interposition of any authority from the National Government ...
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... confederacy of their own would soon be established . " Provision would be made " for the admission of other States , " and Mr. Iverson assured the Senate that within a few months " all the slave - holding States of the late confederacy ...
... confederacy of their own would soon be established . " Provision would be made " for the admission of other States , " and Mr. Iverson assured the Senate that within a few months " all the slave - holding States of the late confederacy ...
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Page 283 - 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 577 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under 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 334 - Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Page 528 - American peop'le, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war...
Page 14 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 577 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 535 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 295 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Page 376 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States ; and...
Page 353 - No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty; none less inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost.