power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends, 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. The Works of William H. Seward - Page 679by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...ess'i'tinl to the balance of power on which the-perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest crimes." Democratic resolutions, beginning in 1840, and continuing to 1860, were repetitions of the... | |
| Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 pages
...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,...Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the greatest of crimes.' " I now reiterate these sentiments ; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public... | |
| Henry Stuart Foote - United States - 1866 - 452 pages
...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...state or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as the greatest of crimes.' " I now reiterate these sentiments, and, in doing so, I only press upon the... | |
| Henry Stuart Foote - History - 1866 - 462 pages
...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...state or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as the greatest of crimes.' "I now reiterate these sentiments, and,in doing so,I only press upon the public... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...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...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.' " I now reiterate these sentiments ; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most... | |
| Twenty-third Army Corps Association - 1867 - 46 pages
...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 on what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.' " I now reiterate these sentiments ; and in doing... | |
| John William Draper - Literary Criticism - 1867 - 568 pages
...asserted the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions, and denounced the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or Territory as among the gravest of crimes. It held up to reprobation the existing Democratic administration for... | |
| Ransom Hooker Gillet - United States - 1868 - 502 pages
...domestic institutions, according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." The radical Republicans who profess to be carrying out the sentiments of Mr. Lincoln, and the principles... | |
| Ransom Hooker Gillet - United States - 1868 - 452 pages
...domestic institutions, according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." The radical Republicans who profess to be carrying out the sentiments of Mr. Lincoln, and the principles... | |
| Ransom Hooker Gillet - United States - 1868 - 500 pages
...domestic institutions, according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." The radical Republicans who profess to be carrying out the sentiments of Mr. Lincoln, and the principles... | |
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