The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Volume 2Frank Moore G. P. Putnam, 1862 - United States |
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... authority of the United States Government , encouraging the people to take up arms against that authority , to commit acts of violence and oppression against loyal citi- zens , and by the fabrication of false reports re- -A BATTLE was ...
... authority of the United States Government , encouraging the people to take up arms against that authority , to commit acts of violence and oppression against loyal citi- zens , and by the fabrication of false reports re- -A BATTLE was ...
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... authority in the State . - N . the woods , and capturing all their guns , wag- Y. World , July 16 . ons , and camp equipage , or , as Gen. McClellan says , " all they had . " They also took several prisoners , many officers among them ...
... authority in the State . - N . the woods , and capturing all their guns , wag- Y. World , July 16 . ons , and camp equipage , or , as Gen. McClellan says , " all they had . " They also took several prisoners , many officers among them ...
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... authority over the whole country . The slaves are well apprised of the movements of our army , and many of them earnestly desire its success . Several regiments have recently been sent from West Tennessee into the east - vision remained ...
... authority over the whole country . The slaves are well apprised of the movements of our army , and many of them earnestly desire its success . Several regiments have recently been sent from West Tennessee into the east - vision remained ...
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... authority indicated in the foregoing . At half - past four o'clock , General Tyler or- dered his troops to retire , it being necessary to relieve Captain Brackett's cavalry , which had done the most effective service . The day was ...
... authority indicated in the foregoing . At half - past four o'clock , General Tyler or- dered his troops to retire , it being necessary to relieve Captain Brackett's cavalry , which had done the most effective service . The day was ...
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... authority of the people organizes a new system of legislation suited to the times . Poli- ticians will not be permitted to injure the gen - hold , separate from the other freight , a half- eral cause in pursuit of ambitious ends . The ...
... authority of the people organizes a new system of legislation suited to the times . Poli- ticians will not be permitted to injure the gen - hold , separate from the other freight , a half- eral cause in pursuit of ambitious ends . The ...
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abatis advance arms army arrived artillery attack August battery battle Beauregard Blackburn's Ford brigade Bull Run camp cannon Capt Captain captured cavalry Centreville charge citizens Colonel column command companies Confederate Congress Constitution crossed Davis division duty enemy enemy's engaged Fairfax Fairfax Court House Federal Federalists field fight fire flag flank force Fortress Monroe front gallant Government guard guns Hampton's Legion head-quarters Heintzelman hill honor horses hour House infantry July July 23 killed Lieut Lieutenant Major Manassas Manassas Junction mand McClellan McDowell ment miles military Missouri morning moved North o'clock officers passed position Potomac President prisoners rear rebels regi regiment retreat Rhode Island rifled road secession Second sent shot side soldiers soon South Southern Stone Bridge tion to-day troops Tyler Union United Virginia Volunteers wagons Warrenton Warrenton turnpike Washington woods wounded York Zouaves
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Page 220 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Page 315 - States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States...
Page 315 - To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; 12 To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years ; 13 To provide and maintain a navy...
Page 313 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Page 159 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 314 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 134 - The assent of the states, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived, by the state governments. The constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties.
Page 203 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 159 - State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
Page 60 - That maritime law, in time of war, has long been the subject of deplorable disputes; That the uncertainty of the law and of the duties in such a matter, gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts...