Speeches of Hon. William D. Kelley: Replies of the Hon. William D. Kelley to George Northrop, Esq., in the Joint Debate in the Fourth Congressional DistrictCollins, printer, 1864 - 89 pages |
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... question before the Supreme Court of the United States and have it decided . Now sir , what is the Supreme Court of ... questions to me , and he will allow me to put one to him : According to his theory , what is the use of the Supreme ...
... question before the Supreme Court of the United States and have it decided . Now sir , what is the Supreme Court of ... questions to me , and he will allow me to put one to him : According to his theory , what is the use of the Supreme ...
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... question brought to a vote in that grand Democratic Convention , which embraced delegates from every Southern State - South Carolina , Mississippi , Arkansas , Georgia , and all the rest ; yet among them all there were but 36 Southern ...
... question brought to a vote in that grand Democratic Convention , which embraced delegates from every Southern State - South Carolina , Mississippi , Arkansas , Georgia , and all the rest ; yet among them all there were but 36 Southern ...
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... question in New Orleans whether peace had been concluded between England and America . In that day there were no telegraphs or railroads . Jackson had just beaten the British army , and there came rumors by ships that arrived at Mobile ...
... question in New Orleans whether peace had been concluded between England and America . In that day there were no telegraphs or railroads . Jackson had just beaten the British army , and there came rumors by ships that arrived at Mobile ...
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... question General Jackson's recent conduct , and especially the banishment of the French from the city . Here was open defiance . Jackson accepted the issue with a promptness all his own . sent an order to the editor of the Louisiana ...
... question General Jackson's recent conduct , and especially the banishment of the French from the city . Here was open defiance . Jackson accepted the issue with a promptness all his own . sent an order to the editor of the Louisiana ...
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... questions to be answered by the prisoner . ' Did you not arrest Louaillier ? ' ' Did you not arrest the judge of this court ? ' ' Did you not seize the writ of habeas corpus ? ' ' Did you not say a variety of disrespectful things of the ...
... questions to be answered by the prisoner . ' Did you not arrest Louaillier ? ' ' Did you not arrest the judge of this court ? ' ' Did you not seize the writ of habeas corpus ? ' ' Did you not say a variety of disrespectful things of the ...
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Page 84 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 84 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page 83 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and 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...
Page 12 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 12 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 47 - I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to bind you ; you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can ; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you.
Page 12 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 84 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 82 - When the regular course of justice is interrupted by revolt, rebellion, or insurrection, so that the courts of justice cannot be kept open, civil war exists, and hostilities may be prosecuted on the same footing as if those opposing the government were foreign enemies invading the land.
Page 83 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...