The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volume 18Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1888 |
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... party leaderships has had little influence on the great result . The task has broadened my own views ; and while seeking to deal fairly with men , principles , and events , partisan preferences have been weakened in myself , respect for ...
... party leaderships has had little influence on the great result . The task has broadened my own views ; and while seeking to deal fairly with men , principles , and events , partisan preferences have been weakened in myself , respect for ...
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... PARTY CONVENTIONS - NOMINATIONS AND PLATFORMS- PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1868 GENERAL GRANT - LAST ANNUAL MESSAGE - CONGRESS AND THE EXECUTIVE - THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN - THE FIF- TEENTH AMENDMENT 528 CHAPTER XIX . PAGE . A REVIEW - THE ...
... PARTY CONVENTIONS - NOMINATIONS AND PLATFORMS- PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1868 GENERAL GRANT - LAST ANNUAL MESSAGE - CONGRESS AND THE EXECUTIVE - THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN - THE FIF- TEENTH AMENDMENT 528 CHAPTER XIX . PAGE . A REVIEW - THE ...
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... parties In your County . I will Conclude this In Coherent sCrowl You must pardon the many blunders , you Know the diffi ... party - Col McCleland it is under- stood wants to run , who has a large connection in the district , my relations ...
... parties In your County . I will Conclude this In Coherent sCrowl You must pardon the many blunders , you Know the diffi ... party - Col McCleland it is under- stood wants to run , who has a large connection in the district , my relations ...
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... party . If I was to give an opinion at all it would be ( that is , if you intend to submit to a Convention ) to de- clare yourself a candidate for Congress subject to the dicission of a Convention if necessary . You will then have the ...
... party . If I was to give an opinion at all it would be ( that is , if you intend to submit to a Convention ) to de- clare yourself a candidate for Congress subject to the dicission of a Convention if necessary . You will then have the ...
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... never lost sight of the goal he had determined to reach . progress was at first slow , and his pretensions were looked upon with jealousy and distrust by some of His the old party leaders , who regarded the honors and 40 LIFE AND TIMES OF.
... never lost sight of the goal he had determined to reach . progress was at first slow , and his pretensions were looked upon with jealousy and distrust by some of His the old party leaders , who regarded the honors and 40 LIFE AND TIMES OF.
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Page 466 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page 246 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), 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 laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Page 472 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Page 372 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 264 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 258 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 469 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 278 - Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, do hereby appoint William W. Holden provisional governor of the State of North Carolina...
Page 277 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 324 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.