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... never made any statement or report to me in connexion with the matter ; and so it was with Mr. Beard . I never had a report from either of them as to the cost of their works . I will state the difference in regard to the manner in which ...
... never made any statement or report to me in connexion with the matter ; and so it was with Mr. Beard . I never had a report from either of them as to the cost of their works . I will state the difference in regard to the manner in which ...
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... never received such an order before , and refused to pay it . Before that came to me Captain Schwartz had left the house . I sent for him , and the next day sent him with another order to the paymaster direct- ing him to pay that money ...
... never received such an order before , and refused to pay it . Before that came to me Captain Schwartz had left the house . I sent for him , and the next day sent him with another order to the paymaster direct- ing him to pay that money ...
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... never gave him any orders to de- stroy his baggage or provisions ; and I think I gave none to him in regard to Kansas City . By Mr. Odell : Question . You do not remember to have authorized him to destroy the city ? Answer . To destroy ...
... never gave him any orders to de- stroy his baggage or provisions ; and I think I gave none to him in regard to Kansas City . By Mr. Odell : Question . You do not remember to have authorized him to destroy the city ? Answer . To destroy ...
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... never used violent language , or done any- thing with an obvious design and purpose to stir up the people against us . It had always taken a fair political stand . During the latter part of my adminis- tration there was nothing of the ...
... never used violent language , or done any- thing with an obvious design and purpose to stir up the people against us . It had always taken a fair political stand . During the latter part of my adminis- tration there was nothing of the ...
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... never heard of any dissatisfaction until the publication of that proclamation ? Answer . No , sir ; and I think the papers I have submitted to the committee will show that up to that time no dissatisfaction on the part of the administra ...
... never heard of any dissatisfaction until the publication of that proclamation ? Answer . No , sir ; and I think the papers I have submitted to the committee will show that up to that time no dissatisfaction on the part of the administra ...
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Page 568 - President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof...
Page 569 - That the President may, in his discretion, license and permit commercial intercourse with any such part of said State or section, the inhabitants which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, and by such persons, as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 591 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 605 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 602 - ... shall not be transported to any place under insurrectionary control, and shall not, in any way, be used to give aid or comfort to such insurgents; and he...
Page 591 - ... do hereby declare that the blockade of the said ports of Beaufort, Port Royal, and New Orleans shall so far cease and determine, from and after the first day of June next, that commercial intercourse with those ports, except as to persons, things, and information contraband of war, may from that time be carried on, subject to the laws of the United States...
Page 567 - States; and that from and after fifteen days from the f issuing of this proclamation, all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States, will be forfeited to the United States.
Page 566 - States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains...
Page 568 - States, then and in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, by proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States...
Page 605 - Texas, are hereby closed, and all right of importation, warehousing, and other privileges, shall, in respect to the ports aforesaid, cease until they shall have again been opened by order of the President: and if, while said ports are so closed, any ship or vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall attempt to enter any such port, the same, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.