Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, Band 24,Teile 1-4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1866 - 822 Seiten |
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... position had given them the best means of forming an accurate judgment , who could state facts from their own ... positions as States , and consequently the people thereof have a right to immediate representation in Congress without the ...
... position had given them the best means of forming an accurate judgment , who could state facts from their own ... positions as States , and consequently the people thereof have a right to immediate representation in Congress without the ...
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... position distinct from all the other insur- rectionary States , and has been the subject of a separate report which your committee have not thought it expedient to disturb . Whether Congress shall see fit to make that State the subject ...
... position distinct from all the other insur- rectionary States , and has been the subject of a separate report which your committee have not thought it expedient to disturb . Whether Congress shall see fit to make that State the subject ...
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... position , and had the well - earned reputation of the Volunteer State ; and Whereas by the treason of one Isham G. Harris , ex - governor of Tennessee , the State has lost millions of dollars , and thousands of the young men of the ...
... position , and had the well - earned reputation of the Volunteer State ; and Whereas by the treason of one Isham G. Harris , ex - governor of Tennessee , the State has lost millions of dollars , and thousands of the young men of the ...
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... position are in daily inter- course or communication with all parts of the State , and with citizens of all par- ties and classes . They claim to speak not from hearsay or report , but as witnesses admissible in court . The predominant ...
... position are in daily inter- course or communication with all parts of the State , and with citizens of all par- ties and classes . They claim to speak not from hearsay or report , but as witnesses admissible in court . The predominant ...
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... district will make more money this year than any equal number of white laborers in States north of the cotton producing region . During my contest for my present position I travelled on 100- RECONSTRUCTION - TENNESSEE .
... district will make more money this year than any equal number of white laborers in States north of the cotton producing region . During my contest for my present position I travelled on 100- RECONSTRUCTION - TENNESSEE .
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Seite 84 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof: that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto: that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Seite 6 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Seite 85 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Seite 82 - That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, requested...
Seite 86 - The powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit : Those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judicial, to another.
Seite 85 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Seite 84 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Seite 40 - And that the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this Resolution into effect.
Seite 89 - In case of a disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment...
Seite 90 - In cases of treason he shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to grant reprieves and pardons, and he may, in the recess of the senate, respite the sentence until the end of the next session of the general assembly.