Echoes from the South: Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South During the Late WarE. B. Treat & Company, 1866 - Всего страниц: 211 |
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... convention of the people of Georgia be called , to which they may be all referred . Let the sovereignty of the people speak . Some think that the election of Mr. Lincoln is cause sufficient to dissolve the Union . Some think those other ...
... convention of the people of Georgia be called , to which they may be all referred . Let the sovereignty of the people speak . Some think that the election of Mr. Lincoln is cause sufficient to dissolve the Union . Some think those other ...
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... conventions . Mr. STEPHENS - I am not afraid of any conven- tion legally chosen by the people . I know no way to decide great questions affecting fundamental laws except by representatives of the people . The Con- stitution of the ...
... conventions . Mr. STEPHENS - I am not afraid of any conven- tion legally chosen by the people . I know no way to decide great questions affecting fundamental laws except by representatives of the people . The Con- stitution of the ...
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... convention to decide all these ques- tions without any dictation or direction ? Who pro- poses to cheat the people by letting them speak their own untrammelled views in the choice of their ablest and best men , to determine upon all ...
... convention to decide all these ques- tions without any dictation or direction ? Who pro- poses to cheat the people by letting them speak their own untrammelled views in the choice of their ablest and best men , to determine upon all ...
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... convention of the people . Submit this question to the people , whether they would submit to abolition rule or resist , and then let the Legislature act upon that vote ! Such a course would be an insult to the people . They would have ...
... convention of the people . Submit this question to the people , whether they would submit to abolition rule or resist , and then let the Legislature act upon that vote ! Such a course would be an insult to the people . They would have ...
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... convention does , I hope and trust our people will abide by . I advise the calling of a convention with the earnest desire to preserve the peace and harmony of the State . I should dislike above all things to see violent measures ...
... convention does , I hope and trust our people will abide by . I advise the calling of a convention with the earnest desire to preserve the peace and harmony of the State . I should dislike above all things to see violent measures ...
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Стр. 56 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." 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 twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Стр. 47 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Стр. 57 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
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Стр. 85 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
Стр. 46 - Britain: and finally we do assert and declare these colonies to be free and independent states,] and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
Стр. 125 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reap126 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. pointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Стр. 52 - States have assumed the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions ; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution ; they have denounced as sinful the institution of Slavery...
Стр. 125 - President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
Стр. 107 - The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other Federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.