 ... justice. humanity, liberty, and the public welfare 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,...  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 499by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1876 - 458 pages
...the Union by experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity, or warpower higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immndiate efforts be made for the cessation ol hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1876 - 1086 pages
...explicitly declare that, after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war. that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to a Convention of all the States, or other peaceable means to the end that at the earliest practicable... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1881 - 210 pages
...Constitution, the Constitution itself has,been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and public right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity...made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to the ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practical... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...struggling and perilous condition ; pronounced the war a " failure," and declared that " justice, humanity, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities." General McClellan received, on the first ballot, all but twenty-three and a half of the votes cast,... | |
 | William Bross - Camp Douglas (Ill.) - 1878 - 46 pages
...the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power, higher than the constitution, the constitution...the country, essentially impaired, justice, humanity and the public welfare demand that immediate eiforts be made for the cessation of hostilities," and... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...libel on the Government, declaring that, "under the pretence of the military necessity of a war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private rights alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired ; and that... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 264 pages
...libel on the Government, declaring that, "under the pretence of the military necessity of a war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private rights alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired ; and that... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 274 pages
...Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private rights alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired ; and that justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 614 pages
...Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to the ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 632 pages
...Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to the ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable... | |
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