A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Mr. Stephens's union speech of 1860 the subject on which the discussion beginsNational Publishing Company, 1868 - 862 sidor This book presents Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, views on the constitutional reasons for the Civil War. |
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... language they spoke ! Upon them all , Ichabod is written - their glory has departed ! Why is this so ? I answer this , their Institutions have been destroyed ! These were but the fruits of their forms of Government - the matrix from ...
... language they spoke ! Upon them all , Ichabod is written - their glory has departed ! Why is this so ? I answer this , their Institutions have been destroyed ! These were but the fruits of their forms of Government - the matrix from ...
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... language , as painting does by colors , then he has not deviated from a proper rule of taste , so far as relates to the method adopted . For these Colloquies are but an elaboration of con- versations actually had at his residence , as ...
... language , as painting does by colors , then he has not deviated from a proper rule of taste , so far as relates to the method adopted . For these Colloquies are but an elaboration of con- versations actually had at his residence , as ...
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... language of the clause itself , that the Government of the United States is not , by virtue of it , supreme or Sovereign in the sense in which you use that term ; and so far from being entitled thereby to claim the ultimate or any sort ...
... language of the clause itself , that the Government of the United States is not , by virtue of it , supreme or Sovereign in the sense in which you use that term ; and so far from being entitled thereby to claim the ultimate or any sort ...
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... language of the clause , from the opinions of Mr. Hamil ton , and Mr. Madison , and Judge Chase of the Supreme Court of the United States , that the proposition offered by Mr. Martin , and incorporated substantially in the Constitution ...
... language of the clause , from the opinions of Mr. Hamil ton , and Mr. Madison , and Judge Chase of the Supreme Court of the United States , that the proposition offered by Mr. Martin , and incorporated substantially in the Constitution ...
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... language that the people of the United States under- stand , it is the word Constitution . It means , " said he , " the fundamental law , " and nothing like League , or Compact , or Articles of Confederation . I have often thought of ...
... language that the people of the United States under- stand , it is the word Constitution . It means , " said he , " the fundamental law , " and nothing like League , or Compact , or Articles of Confederation . I have often thought of ...
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A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Mr. Stephens's ... Alexander Hamilton Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1868 |
A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Mr. Stephens's ... Alexander Hamilton Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1868 |
A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Mr. Stephens's ... Alexander Hamilton Stephens Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1868 |
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Sida 354 - ... the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within...
Sida 558 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. 'The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Sida 576 - 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, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact...
Sida 549 - II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Sida 549 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Sida 555 - ... or military operations as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a State, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several States.
Sida 558 - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Sida 584 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from...
Sida 554 - States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war, to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Sida 551 - When land forces are raised by any State for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel, shall be appointed by the legislature of each State respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such State shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the State which first made the appointment.
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