Echoes from the South: Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South During the Late WarE. B. Treat & Company, 1866 - 211 Seiten This work contains speeches, addresses, and public records from the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
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... Va . , 188 April 22 , 1861 , • • THE LAST MANIFESTO OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS , THE LAST PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT DAVIS , GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY , · 191 196 • 203 206 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH . SPEECH OF HON . A. vi CONTENTS .
... Va . , 188 April 22 , 1861 , • • THE LAST MANIFESTO OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS , THE LAST PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT DAVIS , GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY , · 191 196 • 203 206 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH . SPEECH OF HON . A. vi CONTENTS .
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... army and navy of the Confederate States , and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the Confederate States . He may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the executive ...
... army and navy of the Confederate States , and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the Confederate States . He may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the executive ...
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... their militia ; but it is deemed advisable in the present condition of affairs , that there should be a well instructed , disciplined army , more numerous than would usually be required on INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS . 141.
... their militia ; but it is deemed advisable in the present condition of affairs , that there should be a well instructed , disciplined army , more numerous than would usually be required on INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS . 141.
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... army , more numerous than would usually be required on a peace establishment . I also suggest that , for the protection of our harbors and commerce on the high seas , a navy adapted to those objects will be required . These necessities ...
... army , more numerous than would usually be required on a peace establishment . I also suggest that , for the protection of our harbors and commerce on the high seas , a navy adapted to those objects will be required . These necessities ...
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... ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA , October 2d , 1862 . In reviewing the achievements of the army dur- ing the present campaign , the commanding general cannot withhold the expression of his admiration of the indomitable courage it has displayed ...
... ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA , October 2d , 1862 . In reviewing the achievements of the army dur- ing the present campaign , the commanding general cannot withhold the expression of his admiration of the indomitable courage it has displayed ...
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Seite 49 - Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Seite 58 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 59 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Seite 114 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
Seite 87 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Seite 127 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reap126 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. pointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Seite 68 - Constitution, are hereby repealed and abrogated; that the union between the State of Virginia and the other States under the Constitution aforesaid is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Virginia is in the full possession and exercise of all the rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Seite 127 - President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
Seite 76 - Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government and the inalienable rights of the people of the States will prevent...
Seite 109 - The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other Federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.