The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volume 17Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1888 |
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... letter - writers with the army were disposed to tell the truth , but they saw so little , and took so much for ... Letters on the American . Rebellion : " - " At the outbreak ' The London Times ' declared with exultation that the ' great ...
... letter - writers with the army were disposed to tell the truth , but they saw so little , and took so much for ... Letters on the American . Rebellion : " - " At the outbreak ' The London Times ' declared with exultation that the ' great ...
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... letter of Major Anderson , commanding at Fort Sumter , written on the 28th of February , and received at the War Department on the 4th of March , was , by that Depart- ment , placed in his hands . This letter expressed the professional ...
... letter of Major Anderson , commanding at Fort Sumter , written on the 28th of February , and received at the War Department on the 4th of March , was , by that Depart- ment , placed in his hands . This letter expressed the professional ...
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... letter . He said the President desired all existing rights of the States to be respected ; that the war was for the preservation of the Union , with all the rights of the States intact ; hence there could be no question as to these ...
... letter . He said the President desired all existing rights of the States to be respected ; that the war was for the preservation of the Union , with all the rights of the States intact ; hence there could be no question as to these ...
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... letter to General Fremont : - " WASHINGTON , D. C. , September 11 , 1861 . " Major - General JOHN C. FREMONT : - - " SIR , Yours of the 8th , in answer to mine of the 2d inst . , is just received . Assured that you , upon the ground ...
... letter to General Fremont : - " WASHINGTON , D. C. , September 11 , 1861 . " Major - General JOHN C. FREMONT : - - " SIR , Yours of the 8th , in answer to mine of the 2d inst . , is just received . Assured that you , upon the ground ...
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... letter , one copy of which , properly addressed , has been delivered to each of the persons , and at the dates respect- ively named and stated , in a schedule , containing also the form of the letter , marked A , and herewith ...
... letter , one copy of which , properly addressed , has been delivered to each of the persons , and at the dates respect- ively named and stated , in a schedule , containing also the form of the letter , marked A , and herewith ...
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Page 246 - ... or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 240 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 686 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 543 - ON the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide the effects, by negotiation.
Page 247 - Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three...
Page 473 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all Acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 686 - If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and...
Page 683 - I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men, but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or social capacity. They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men created equal — equal with ' ' certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Page 684 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 246 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...