The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great Rebellion: Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, the Three Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, with the Votes Thereon, and the Important Executive, Judicial, and Politico-military Facts of that Eventful Period; Together with the Organization, Legislation, and General Proceedings of the Rebel Administration; and an Appendix Containing the Principal Political Facts of the Campaign of 1864, a Chapter on the Church and the Rebellion, and the Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth CongressPhilp & Solomons, 1865 - 653 halaman |
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Halaman 17
... believe the fugitive slave law was a treaty between sections . It was the act of sovereign States as sec- tions ; and I believe , therefore , and have very great doubts whether it ought not to have been left to the execution of the ...
... believe the fugitive slave law was a treaty between sections . It was the act of sovereign States as sec- tions ; and I believe , therefore , and have very great doubts whether it ought not to have been left to the execution of the ...
Halaman 19
... believe , and so do I , that there has been a perversion of the Constitution in relation to im- posts for the purpose of protection to domestic manufac- tures . I know of no time , from the period of my entering college in 1823 , that I ...
... believe , and so do I , that there has been a perversion of the Constitution in relation to im- posts for the purpose of protection to domestic manufac- tures . I know of no time , from the period of my entering college in 1823 , that I ...
Halaman 21
... believe this Union has been a curse up to this time . True men , men of integ- rity , entertain different views from me on this subjeet . I do not question their right to do so ; I would not impugn their motives in so doing . Nor will I ...
... believe this Union has been a curse up to this time . True men , men of integ- rity , entertain different views from me on this subjeet . I do not question their right to do so ; I would not impugn their motives in so doing . Nor will I ...
Halaman 22
... believe every other Southern man . So we ought not to complain of that . Mr. TOOMBS . The tariff assessed the duties . Mr. STEPHENS . Yes , and Massachusetts with unanimity voted with the South to lessen them , and they were made just ...
... believe every other Southern man . So we ought not to complain of that . Mr. TOOMBS . The tariff assessed the duties . Mr. STEPHENS . Yes , and Massachusetts with unanimity voted with the South to lessen them , and they were made just ...
Halaman 23
... believe , had that policy been carried out at that time , we would have been the same great people that we are to - day ? It may be that we would , but have you any assurance of that fact ? Would you have made the same advancement ...
... believe , had that policy been carried out at that time , we would have been the same great people that we are to - day ? It may be that we would , but have you any assurance of that fact ? Would you have made the same advancement ...
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Halaman 111 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Halaman 233 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Halaman 228 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Halaman 338 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Halaman 110 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Halaman 150 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Halaman 75 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Halaman 182 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Halaman 231 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Halaman 109 - Again, in any law upon this subject, ought not all the safeguards of liberty known in civilized and humane jurisprudence to be introduced, so that a free man be not, in any case, surrendered as a slave? And might it not be well at the same time to provide by law for the enforcement of that clause in the Constitution which guarantees that " the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States?