 American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Contitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every...  Southern History of the War - Page 366by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1876 - 894 pages
...American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, daring which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the con•ititation, the constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and... | |
 | United States - 1876 - 458 pages
...as follows : "Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare as the sense of trie Ameiican people that after four years of failure to restore the Union by experiment of war, during which, under pretense of a military necessity or war power higher than the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...country from great calamity. 1 See page 277. 4 The following is a copy of the resolution : — Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity, of a war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1881 - 210 pages
...States bonds? NIOK. Answer.— The second resolution of the platform adopted by the convention declaring "that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war" and recommending a cessation of hostilities was written by CL Yallandigham, of Ohio Samuel J. Tilden... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - United States - 1879 - 300 pages
...August 2gth. It came under the control of the Peace Democracy,2 and declared in its platform that it was the sense of the American people that, after four years of failure to restore the Union by war, during which the Constitution had been violated in all its parts under the plea of military necessity,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1880 - 670 pages
...equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both northern and southern. Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the...pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher tlian the Coutitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 614 pages
...the rights of the States unimpaired." Making practical application of its doctrines, it resolved " That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 632 pages
...the rights of the States unimpaired." Making practical application of its doctrines, it resolved " That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
 | Eugene Virgil Smalley - Campaign literature - 1880 - 368 pages
...to protect the civil rights of citizens.] FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1864. THE WAR A FAILUSB. THIS convention does explicitly declare, as the sense...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretext of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Campaign literature - 1880 - 232 pages
...1864.—The Democratic Convention at Chicago, August 29, 1864, adopted the following: " Resolved, That thia Convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
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