The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great Rebellion: Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, the Three Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, with the Votes Thereon, and the Important Executive, Judicial, and Politico-military Facts of that Eventful Period; Together with the Organization, Legislation, and General Proceedings of the Rebel Administration; and an Appendix Containing the Principal Political Facts of the Campaign of 1864, a Chapter on the Church and the Rebellion, and the Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress |
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... believe , sir , that the reference to other States in this the paper is greater than this . It is that , as a State address is all correct . The gentleman from Chester- paper , to go out as a new Declaration of Independ- the ...
... believe , sir , that the reference to other States in this the paper is greater than this . It is that , as a State address is all correct . The gentleman from Chester- paper , to go out as a new Declaration of Independ- the ...
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... believe , and so do I , that there has been a perversion of the Constitution in relation to im- posts for the purpose of protection to domestic manufac- tures . I know of no time , from the period of my entering college in 1823 , that I ...
... believe , and so do I , that there has been a perversion of the Constitution in relation to im- posts for the purpose of protection to domestic manufac- tures . I know of no time , from the period of my entering college in 1823 , that I ...
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... believe this Union has been a curse up to this time . True men , men of integ- rity , entertain different views from me on this subjeet . I do not question their right to do so ; I would not impugn their motives in so doing . Nor will I ...
... believe this Union has been a curse up to this time . True men , men of integ- rity , entertain different views from me on this subjeet . I do not question their right to do so ; I would not impugn their motives in so doing . Nor will I ...
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... believe every other Southern man . So we ought not to complain of that . Mr. TOOMBS . The tariff assessed the duties . Mr. STEPHENS . Yes , and Massachusetts with unanimity voted with the Sonth to lessen them , and they were made just ...
... believe every other Southern man . So we ought not to complain of that . Mr. TOOMBS . The tariff assessed the duties . Mr. STEPHENS . Yes , and Massachusetts with unanimity voted with the Sonth to lessen them , and they were made just ...
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... believe , had that policy been carried out at that time , we would have been the same great people that we are today ? It may be that we would , but have you any assurance of that fact ? Would you have made the I say the same : I said ...
... believe , had that policy been carried out at that time , we would have been the same great people that we are today ? It may be that we would , but have you any assurance of that fact ? Would you have made the I say the same : I said ...
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Page 106 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 226 - ... thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 106 - 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 106 - It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution. During that period, fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the Executive branch of the government. They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success. Yet, with all this scope for precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years, under great and peculiar difficulty. A disruption of the...
Page 97 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 89 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 136 - The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.
Page 106 - The mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in all parts of the Union. So far as possible, the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection.
Page 225 - 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 97 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.