 Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate...  Southern History of the War - Page 366by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866Full view - About this book
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2003 - 947 pages
...to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . [we] demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may... | |
 | Isaac Newton Arnold - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceful means, to the end that at the earliest practicable...may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the states." tain the success of the Union ticket in November, and indicated an early triumph of the... | |
 | Albert Castel - History - 1996 - 244 pages
...politically, nominated McClellan for president on a platform that declared the war a failure and called for "a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be... | |
 | David Golightly Harris - Agriculture - 1990 - 624 pages
...to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . [we] demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may... | |
 | Anton Van Dreveldt, Bernhard Van Dreveldt - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 254 pages
...immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view of an ultimate convention of the States or other peaceable means, to the end that,...may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States." On 16 September 1864 Bernhard wrote: Hubert v. Weise was very sick with a bad case of... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - History - 1998 - 607 pages
...Democrats then demanded that "IMMEDIATE EFFORTS BE MADE FOR A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, with a view to the ultimate Convention of all the States, or other peaceable...may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States." In sharp contrast, the Republican platform speaks of "rebels and traitors" and demands... | |
 | Mark E. Neely, Harold Holzer - Design - 2000 - 312 pages
...immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view of an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that,...practicable moment, peace may be restored" on the basis of a Federal Union of the States. McClellan attempted to retreat from this resolution with his letter... | |
 | Russell Frank Weigley - History - 2000 - 662 pages
...remedy, said the Democrats, was a cessation of hostilities "to the end that at the earliest possible moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States."s4 The platform reflected the influence of the dominant member of the Resolutions Committee,... | |
 | Gary L. Bunker - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 410 pages
...Constitution, perpetuated the probability of racial conflict, "demandfed] that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of all the states," and chastised Lincoln for "arbitrary military arrest [and] imprisonment," "the suppression of Freedom... | |
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