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 This work contains speeches, addresses, and public records from the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
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... passed before these capacities were devel- oped to reach this advanced age of civilization ? There these same hills , rich in ore , same rivers , same valleys and plains , are as they have been since they came from the hand of the ...
... passed before these capacities were devel- oped to reach this advanced age of civilization ? There these same hills , rich in ore , same rivers , same valleys and plains , are as they have been since they came from the hand of the ...
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... passed through , this is the most perilous , and requires to be met with the greatest calmness and deliberation . There were many amongst us in 1850 zealous to go at once out of the Union , to disrupt every tie that binds us together ...
... passed through , this is the most perilous , and requires to be met with the greatest calmness and deliberation . There were many amongst us in 1850 zealous to go at once out of the Union , to disrupt every tie that binds us together ...
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... passed laws which even tend to hinder.or obstruct the fulfilment of that obligation . They have violated their plighted faith ; what ought we to do in view of this ? That is the question . What is to be done ? By the law of nations you ...
... passed laws which even tend to hinder.or obstruct the fulfilment of that obligation . They have violated their plighted faith ; what ought we to do in view of this ? That is the question . What is to be done ? By the law of nations you ...
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... passed an ordinance assenting to this Consti- tution , and afterwards altered her own Constitution to conform herself to the obligation she had under- taken . Thus was established , by compact between the States , a Government with ...
... passed an ordinance assenting to this Consti- tution , and afterwards altered her own Constitution to conform herself to the obligation she had under- taken . Thus was established , by compact between the States , a Government with ...
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... passed a law in conformity with her constitutional obligation ; but the current of Anti - Slavery feeling has led her more recently to enact laws which render inoperative the remedies provided by her own laws and by the laws of Con ...
... passed a law in conformity with her constitutional obligation ; but the current of Anti - Slavery feeling has led her more recently to enact laws which render inoperative the remedies provided by her own laws and by the laws of Con ...
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Стр. 49 - 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; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Стр. 58 - 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. 59 - 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,
Стр. 114 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
Стр. 87 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Стр. 127 - 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. 68 - Constitution, are hereby repealed and abrogated; that the union between the State of Virginia and the other States under the Constitution aforesaid is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Virginia is in the full possession and exercise of all the rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Стр. 127 - 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. 76 - Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government and the inalienable rights of the people of the States will prevent...
Стр. 109 - 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.