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 Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every... A History of the Presidency ... - Page 296by Edward Stanwood - 1898Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1865 - 728 pages
...framework of Government equally conducive to the prosperity of all the States both Northern and Southern. " That this Convention does explicitly declare as the...Union by the experiment of war, during which, under pretence of military necessity or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution has been... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...Convention, and shaped the succeeding canvass, was as follows : — Retained, That this Convention docs explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people,...experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has heen disregarded... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...embodied the spirit of the Convention, and shaped the succeeding canvass, was as follows : — Resohcd, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...the Union by the experiment of war, during which, nnder the pretence of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...coo»i> cive to the welfare and prosperity of all the Slates, both Northern and Southern. " lleeotoed, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the...four years of failure to restore the Union by the етт>ег>ment of war. during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...does explicitly declare, aa Democratic National Convention. Tbe War a Failure. McClellan's Acceptance the sense of the American people, that, after four...failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, daring which, under the pretence of a military necessity or war pow,er higher than the Constitution,... | |
| Edward Payson Powell - History - 1865 - 28 pages
...entertaining to read a certain comic paper, published if I remember rightly, last Autumn. It reads: " Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, (it can't mean the common sense,) that after four years of failure, to restore the Union by the experiment... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...a singular misapprehension of the strong current of loyal opinion. It pronounced the fatal words, " four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war," which vexed the ears of the heroic soldiers and of the faithful citizens alike. More untimely and infatuated... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...a singular misapprehension of the strong current of loyal opinion. It pronounced the fatal words, " four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war," which vexed the ears of the heroic soldiers and of the faithful citizens alike. More untimely and infatuated... | |
| Edward McPherson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1866 - 164 pages
...military force, in near proximity to the United States. Democratic National Platform, August, 1864. Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will...a military necessity, or war power higher than the Contitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private... | |
| HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...construct a party platform for the canvass, that Committee in due time reported the following:— u Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will...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... | |
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