A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 8Bureau of National Literature, Incorporated, 1897 - 7116 pages |
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Page 3435
... ment of increased commercial intercourse with adjacent and neighboring countries should receive the careful consideration of Congress . It is of noteworthy interest that the steady expansion of population , improvement , and ...
... ment of increased commercial intercourse with adjacent and neighboring countries should receive the careful consideration of Congress . It is of noteworthy interest that the steady expansion of population , improvement , and ...
Page 3442
... ment in destroying the rebel ironclad steamer Albemarle on the night of the 27th of October , 1864 , at Plymouth , N. C. The destruction of so formidable a vessel , which had resisted the continued attacks of a number of our vessels on ...
... ment in destroying the rebel ironclad steamer Albemarle on the night of the 27th of October , 1864 , at Plymouth , N. C. The destruction of so formidable a vessel , which had resisted the continued attacks of a number of our vessels on ...
Page 3457
... ment . It passed the House and went to the Senate , where a vote was taken upon it , but by some accident it was not presented to the President of the Senate for his signature . Since the adjournment of the last session of Congress ...
... ment . It passed the House and went to the Senate , where a vote was taken upon it , but by some accident it was not presented to the President of the Senate for his signature . Since the adjournment of the last session of Congress ...
Page 3480
... ment wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months . W. DENNISON , Postmaster - General . [ From official records , Department or the Interior . ] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR , Washington , April 18 , 1865 . It is hereby ...
... ment wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months . W. DENNISON , Postmaster - General . [ From official records , Department or the Interior . ] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR , Washington , April 18 , 1865 . It is hereby ...
Page 3484
... ment of the session of 1865-66 , thus announced the death of his prede- cessor : To express gratitude to God in the name of the people for the preservation of the United States is my first duty in addressing you . Our thoughts next ...
... ment of the session of 1865-66 , thus announced the death of his prede- cessor : To express gratitude to God in the name of the people for the preservation of the United States is my first duty in addressing you . Our thoughts next ...
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Page 3463 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 3611 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 3635 - 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 3615 - 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 3441 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 3513 - Carolina ; whose duty it shall be, at the earliest practicable period, to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for convening a convention, composed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, and no others, for the purpose of altering or amending the constitution thereof...
Page 3610 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 3701 - ... upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise, imported in the same from the United States, or from any foreign country...
Page 3809 - That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is and shall be entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided...
Page 3692 - Martial law cannot arise from a threatened invasion. The necessity must be actual and present ; the invasion real, such as effectually closes the courts and deposes the civil administration.