Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton, Volume 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1899 - Biography & Autobiography |
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... directing the whole course of national affairs in regard to the rebellion , must now be assumed and exercised by you , or our cause will be lost . The Constitution gives you power sufficient even for the present terrible exigency . This ...
... directing the whole course of national affairs in regard to the rebellion , must now be assumed and exercised by you , or our cause will be lost . The Constitution gives you power sufficient even for the present terrible exigency . This ...
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... as commander - in - chief of the army , one who possesses your confidence , understands your views , and who is competent to execute your orders , by directing the military forces of the nation to the accomplishment of the objects.
... as commander - in - chief of the army , one who possesses your confidence , understands your views , and who is competent to execute your orders , by directing the military forces of the nation to the accomplishment of the objects.
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... directed him to confer personally with General McClellan , which he did at Harrison's Landing on the afternoon of the 25th of July . In a memorandum for the Secretary of War he reported the result of this conference on the 27th . He ...
... directed him to confer personally with General McClellan , which he did at Harrison's Landing on the afternoon of the 25th of July . In a memorandum for the Secretary of War he reported the result of this conference on the 27th . He ...
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... directed him to withdraw his entire army from Harrison's Land- ing and bring it to Acquia Creek . Although these orders were imperative , McClellan treated them as mere HALLECK'S ORDER IGNORED 21 suggestions , and replied by protesting ...
... directed him to withdraw his entire army from Harrison's Land- ing and bring it to Acquia Creek . Although these orders were imperative , McClellan treated them as mere HALLECK'S ORDER IGNORED 21 suggestions , and replied by protesting ...
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... directed against General Pope's per- fectly proper order that the army subsist on the coun- try during its movements . He also informed his wife that he had received his orders from Halleck , and added : — I have learned enough through ...
... directed against General Pope's per- fectly proper order that the army subsist on the coun- try during its movements . He also informed his wife that he had received his orders from Halleck , and added : — I have learned enough through ...
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Page 278 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 77 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 278 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.
Page 346 - And be it further enacted, That it -shall be the duty of each officer, assigned as aforesaid, to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...
Page 286 - Department, to continue during the present war of rebellion, and for one year thereafter, a bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, to which shall be committed, as hereinafter provided, the supervision and management of all abandoned lands, and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen...
Page 76 - Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 246 - Federal Union have rightfully exercised from the origin of the government to the present time. And I do hereby direct — First. That the military commander of the department, and all officers and persons in the military and naval service, aid and assist the said Provisional Governor in carrying into effect this proclamation, and they are enjoined to abstain from, in any way, hindering, impeding, or discouraging the loyal people from the organization of a State government as herein authorized.
Page 7 - Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved, the effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost hopeless. A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies.
Page 482 - Nothing can cover his high fame, but heaven ; No pyramids set off his memories, But the eternal substance of his greatness, To which I leave him.
Page 7 - This principle might be extended upon grounds of military necessity and security to all the slaves within a particular State, thus working manumission in such State...