The Political ManualAsher & Adams, 1865 - 290 Seiten |
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... rebels of the South , yet there has never been adduced any direct proof of such affiliation ; and nothing said or done by Mr. Buchanan since his retirement shows active sympathy with the rebellion . There is , however , evidence on ...
... rebels of the South , yet there has never been adduced any direct proof of such affiliation ; and nothing said or done by Mr. Buchanan since his retirement shows active sympathy with the rebellion . There is , however , evidence on ...
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... rebels to occupy , perma- nently , southern Kentucky , and conducting those successful expeditions against Forts Henry and Donelson , which opened the way to the occupation of Western Tennessee . On the 16th of February , 1862 , the day ...
... rebels to occupy , perma- nently , southern Kentucky , and conducting those successful expeditions against Forts Henry and Donelson , which opened the way to the occupation of Western Tennessee . On the 16th of February , 1862 , the day ...
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... rebels and their retreat upon Corinth . For the immense slaughter which attended this battle , Gen- eral Grant was very severely censured by the people , generally , throughout the Western States . Soon after this , General Halleck ...
... rebels and their retreat upon Corinth . For the immense slaughter which attended this battle , Gen- eral Grant was very severely censured by the people , generally , throughout the Western States . Soon after this , General Halleck ...
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... rebels and traitors arrayed against it . Resolved , That we approve the determination of the Govern- ment of the United States not to compromise with rebels , or to offer any terms of peace , except such as may be based upon an ...
... rebels and traitors arrayed against it . Resolved , That we approve the determination of the Govern- ment of the United States not to compromise with rebels , or to offer any terms of peace , except such as may be based upon an ...
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... rebels now in arms , should be made the subject of full and prompt redress . Resolved , That the foreign immigration , which in the past has added so much to the wealth and development of resources and increase of power to this nation ...
... rebels now in arms , should be made the subject of full and prompt redress . Resolved , That the foreign immigration , which in the past has added so much to the wealth and development of resources and increase of power to this nation ...
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Seite 46 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual...
Seite 19 - ... of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be...
Seite 51 - ... nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Seite 97 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Seite 49 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Seite 86 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Seite 99 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Seite 46 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Seite 46 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled, men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Seite 54 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...