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... Georgia . Effect on the commerce of the North . Summary of the year's operations . · PAGES 403-424 CAMPAIGNS OF 1864 - IN THE EAST . The positions of the opposing forces in Virginia . Grant assumes command of the Army of the Potomac ...
... Georgia . Effect on the commerce of the North . Summary of the year's operations . · PAGES 403-424 CAMPAIGNS OF 1864 - IN THE EAST . The positions of the opposing forces in Virginia . Grant assumes command of the Army of the Potomac ...
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... Georgia , Florida , Louisiana , and Mississippi made farewell speeches . This series of withdrawals from Congress extended over almost two weeks , beginning January 21st and ending on the 4th of February . Accredited delegates from the ...
... Georgia , Florida , Louisiana , and Mississippi made farewell speeches . This series of withdrawals from Congress extended over almost two weeks , beginning January 21st and ending on the 4th of February . Accredited delegates from the ...
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Thomas J. Withers . These men was solemn and the occasion was momentous . SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATES . Robert Woodward Barnwell . From photographs in the collection of Charles Edgeworth Jones , Esq . , Augusta , Georgia .
Thomas J. Withers . These men was solemn and the occasion was momentous . SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATES . Robert Woodward Barnwell . From photographs in the collection of Charles Edgeworth Jones , Esq . , Augusta , Georgia .
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... Georgia , vice - president . Mr. Davis was inducted into the office of President of the Confederate States on Febru- ary 18th . He took the oath of office and delivered his inaugural address on the steps of the State Capitol of Ala ...
... Georgia , vice - president . Mr. Davis was inducted into the office of President of the Confederate States on Febru- ary 18th . He took the oath of office and delivered his inaugural address on the steps of the State Capitol of Ala ...
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... Georgia , president of the Convention , had expressed similar sentiments . Upon taking the chair , he said that we must " maintain with our late confederates in the Union friendly relations , political and commercial . " Every ...
... Georgia , president of the Convention , had expressed similar sentiments . Upon taking the chair , he said that we must " maintain with our late confederates in the Union friendly relations , political and commercial . " Every ...
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Page 20 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 493 - States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States...
Page 492 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 500 - 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.
Page 489 - No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Page 20 - Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it...
Page 492 - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives ; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills.
Page 490 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Page 492 - House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Page 21 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.