A Complete History of the Great American Rebellion: Embracing Its Causes, Events and Consequences, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Its Principal Actors ...Auburn Publishing Company, 1865 - United States |
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... directed the Georgia Commissioners alone to describe the line . This contumacious opposition to the authority of the General Government , resulted in a communication of the fact by the President to Congress , and of another , that he ...
... directed the Georgia Commissioners alone to describe the line . This contumacious opposition to the authority of the General Government , resulted in a communication of the fact by the President to Congress , and of another , that he ...
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... directing their own enterprises ; which sets up the servants of the people in Congress as the exclusive judges of what pursuits are the most advantageous and suita- ble for those by whom they were elected . The state of Geor- gia ...
... directing their own enterprises ; which sets up the servants of the people in Congress as the exclusive judges of what pursuits are the most advantageous and suita- ble for those by whom they were elected . The state of Geor- gia ...
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... directed to the alleged evil , which was the circulation , after they were taken out of the mail , of incendiary publica- tions , and not their conveyance in it ; that after they passed from the post - masters ' hands , they were within ...
... directed to the alleged evil , which was the circulation , after they were taken out of the mail , of incendiary publica- tions , and not their conveyance in it ; that after they passed from the post - masters ' hands , they were within ...
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... directed Mr. Adams to take his seat ) and to declare every human being free who sets its foot upon its soil . " Amid great confusion , the Speaker now decided that it was not in order for a member to read a petition , whether it was ...
... directed Mr. Adams to take his seat ) and to declare every human being free who sets its foot upon its soil . " Amid great confusion , the Speaker now decided that it was not in order for a member to read a petition , whether it was ...
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... directing hostilities against Mexico to cease until the subject could be laid before the Congress , which was ordered to convene on the 16th . This was a manoeuver to gain time . On the assembling of the Texan Congress he sub- mitted to ...
... directing hostilities against Mexico to cease until the subject could be laid before the Congress , which was ordered to convene on the 16th . This was a manoeuver to gain time . On the assembling of the Texan Congress he sub- mitted to ...
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Page 39 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 44 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 176 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth, will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country...
Page 79 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Page 82 - the Constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 27 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 530 - That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.
Page 125 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their...
Page 319 - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or shall be directly proven to have taken active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men.
Page 572 - Now it is insisted that Congress, and not the Executive, is vested with this power. But the Constitution itself is silent as to which, or who, is to exercise the power ; and as the provision was plainly made for a dangerous emergency, it cannot be believed the framers of the instrument intended that, in every case, the danger should run its course, until Congress could be called together; the very assembling of which might be prevented, as was intended in this case, by the rebellion.