The New Englander, Volume 24A.H. Maltby, 1865 - Criticism |
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Page 114
... constitutional compact . No chemical union had ever taken place ; for that the white - hot crucible of civil war was ... Constitution frigate with her carronades in a battle of iron - clads . The machinery and framework of government may ...
... constitutional compact . No chemical union had ever taken place ; for that the white - hot crucible of civil war was ... Constitution frigate with her carronades in a battle of iron - clads . The machinery and framework of government may ...
Page 115
... constitutional reform is demanded ; and we are but dull scholars if we have not learned through all the severe experiences of this war , that no work of human device is perfect , and that nations , like children , will outgrow their ...
... constitutional reform is demanded ; and we are but dull scholars if we have not learned through all the severe experiences of this war , that no work of human device is perfect , and that nations , like children , will outgrow their ...
Page 117
... constitution and laws , and to resume the place and power of the State as a member of the Union . " Views not materially differing from these have directed most of the steps thus far taken with reference to reorganization , and not only ...
... constitution and laws , and to resume the place and power of the State as a member of the Union . " Views not materially differing from these have directed most of the steps thus far taken with reference to reorganization , and not only ...
Page 118
... constitutional provision do they cease to be the State dwindling to one hundred , to ten , or to one ? In a legal point of view this theory rests upon the idea that traitors have lost their political rights and that loyal men have not ...
... constitutional provision do they cease to be the State dwindling to one hundred , to ten , or to one ? In a legal point of view this theory rests upon the idea that traitors have lost their political rights and that loyal men have not ...
Page 122
... Constitution , but she acquires all those which had contributed to form and strength- en the hostile and belligerent ... constitutions and boundaries , and that the loyal citizens have the right to organize as a State and to resume ...
... Constitution , but she acquires all those which had contributed to form and strength- en the hostile and belligerent ... constitutions and boundaries , and that the loyal citizens have the right to organize as a State and to resume ...
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Page 153 - Either some Caesar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand, or your republic will be as fearfully plundered and laid waste by barbarians in the twentieth century as the Roman Empire was in the fifth, with this difference, that the Huns and Vandals who ravaged the Roman Empire came from without, and that your Huns and Vandals will have been engendered within your own country by your own institutions.
Page 746 - For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Page 180 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 19 - But I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me.
Page 777 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 318 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 150 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 180 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 183 - But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid it needs no retraction. If it is valid it cannot be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.
Page 261 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.