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Page 144
... Governor of Tennessee sent a message t the Legislature , relative to the extortions intro- duced " by those who had at heart their own in- terests more than the good of their fellow - mortals and of the country . " The subject was acted ...
... Governor of Tennessee sent a message t the Legislature , relative to the extortions intro- duced " by those who had at heart their own in- terests more than the good of their fellow - mortals and of the country . " The subject was acted ...
Page 251
... Governor's suggestions . On the 3d of May , an act to pro- vide for the organization and equipment of a volunteer militia and for the public defence , passed both Houses . This bill authorized and empowered the Gov- ernor to cause to be ...
... Governor's suggestions . On the 3d of May , an act to pro- vide for the organization and equipment of a volunteer militia and for the public defence , passed both Houses . This bill authorized and empowered the Gov- ernor to cause to be ...
Page 256
... Governor is chosen for four years . The Senate consists of nine members , elected for four years , and the House of twenty - one members , elected for one year . The Governor in 1861 was William Barton , whose term ex- pires in 1863 ...
... Governor is chosen for four years . The Senate consists of nine members , elected for four years , and the House of twenty - one members , elected for one year . The Governor in 1861 was William Barton , whose term ex- pires in 1863 ...
Page 280
... Governor of New Brunswick , a position which he held from 1823 to 1829. His name is more particu- larly identified ... Governor's election , the dis- if this new system of resistance by the sword and comfited will rebel again , and so it ...
... Governor of New Brunswick , a position which he held from 1823 to 1829. His name is more particu- larly identified ... Governor's election , the dis- if this new system of resistance by the sword and comfited will rebel again , and so it ...
Page 284
... Governor of the State , and in 1860 reëlected . On the 2d of January Governor Ellis took possession of Fort Macon , at Beaufort , the works at Wilmington , and the United States arsenal at Fayetteville , professedly on behalf of the ...
... Governor of the State , and in 1860 reëlected . On the 2d of January Governor Ellis took possession of Fort Macon , at Beaufort , the works at Wilmington , and the United States arsenal at Fayetteville , professedly on behalf of the ...
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Page 70 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 218 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 259 - ... 1. Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3.
Page 121 - Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 403 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering •with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired...
Page 244 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the Disunionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional Government...
Page 133 - Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth...
Page 411 - Would the marching of an army into South Carolina, without the consent of her people, and with hostile intent toward them, be invasion? I certainly think it would, and it would be coercion also, if the South Carolinians were forced to submit. But if the United States should merely hold and retake its own forts and other property, and collect the duties on foreign importations, or even withhold the mails from places where they were habitually violated, would any or all of these things be invasion...
Page 136 - Sumter. The news itself was, that the officer commanding the Sabine, to which vessel the troops had been transferred from the Brooklyn, acting upon some quasi armistice of the late administration, (and of the existence of which the present administration, up to the time the order was despatched, had only too vague and uncertain rumors to fix attention,) had refused to land the troops.
Page 159 - State keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. But when any river divides or flows through two or more States they may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof.