the rise and fall of the confederate government1881 |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 53
Sida 9
... meet the approbation of at least nine tenths of the good citizens of the same . " Among the resolu- tions were the following : " Resolved unanimously , That the abstract question of liberty and slavery is not considered as involved in a ...
... meet the approbation of at least nine tenths of the good citizens of the same . " Among the resolu- tions were the following : " Resolved unanimously , That the abstract question of liberty and slavery is not considered as involved in a ...
Sida 17
... meet . " I somewhat impatiently declared my un- willingness to transfer to posterity a trial which they would be relatively less able to meet than we were , and passed on my way . 2 CHAPTER III . Reëlection to the Senate . - Political ...
... meet . " I somewhat impatiently declared my un- willingness to transfer to posterity a trial which they would be relatively less able to meet than we were , and passed on my way . 2 CHAPTER III . Reëlection to the Senate . - Political ...
Sida 28
... meet his approbation . The President was known to be rigidly opposed to the reception of visits on Sunday for the discussion of any political subject ; but in this case it was urged as necessary , in order to enable the Committee to ...
... meet his approbation . The President was known to be rigidly opposed to the reception of visits on Sunday for the discussion of any political subject ; but in this case it was urged as necessary , in order to enable the Committee to ...
Sida 57
... meet him for consultation as to the character of the message he should send to the Legislature when assembled . While holding , in common with my political associates , that the right of a State to secede was unquestionable , I differed ...
... meet him for consultation as to the character of the message he should send to the Legislature when assembled . While holding , in common with my political associates , that the right of a State to secede was unquestionable , I differed ...
Sida 58
... meet , pass an ordinance of secession , thus placing herself by the side of South Carolina , regardless of the action of other States ; or shall she endeavor to hold South Carolina in check , and delay action herself , until other ...
... meet , pass an ordinance of secession , thus placing herself by the side of South Carolina , regardless of the action of other States ; or shall she endeavor to hold South Carolina in check , and delay action herself , until other ...
Innehåll
77 | |
86 | |
94 | |
103 | |
114 | |
121 | |
127 | |
134 | |
141 | |
157 | |
168 | |
177 | |
185 | |
193 | |
199 | |
209 | |
220 | |
226 | |
241 | |
242 | |
243 | |
251 | |
258 | |
339 | |
348 | |
352 | |
385 | |
405 | |
410 | |
432 | |
438 | |
471 | |
484 | |
505 | |
506 | |
521 | |
528 | |
541 | |
550 | |
569 | |
591 | |
603 | |
624 | |
648 | |
675 | |
688 | |
Andra upplagor - Visa alla
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volym 1 Jefferson Davis Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1912 |
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volym 1 Jefferson Davis Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1881 |
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volym 1 Jefferson Davis Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1881 |
Vanliga ord och fraser
action adopted afterward amendment APPENDIX appointed arms army Articles of Confederation asserted authority Beauregard Charleston citizens coercion Colonel colonies command Commissioners compact Confederacy Congress Constitution Convention Davis declared defense delegated Democratic duty election enemy eral ernment established executive exercise existing expressed federacy Federal Government force Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter forts garrison Governor granted gress harbor honor hope hostile independence JEFFERSON DAVIS Johnston Kentucky legislation Legislature letter Major Anderson Manassas Massachusetts ment military militia Mississippi Missouri Missouri Compromise North Northern officers opinion organization party patriotism peace persons political position possession present President principles proposed proposition purpose question ratified reënforcements referred regard representatives resolutions Rhode Island seceding secession Secretary of War Senate sent slavery slaves South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty stitution Sumter territory tion troops Union United Virginia vote Washington Whig withdraw
Populära avsnitt
Sida 319 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 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...
Sida 673 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Sida 668 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Sida 188 - That this assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Sida 385 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Sida 639 - ... To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Sida 92 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Sida 645 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Sida 320 - 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 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Sida 181 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...