The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1867 |
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... department of the Government ; the conflict of opinion between the President and Congress , and the respective measures adopted by each ; the change in the condition of the people of the Southern States , arising from their new civil ...
... department of the Government ; the conflict of opinion between the President and Congress , and the respective measures adopted by each ; the change in the condition of the people of the Southern States , arising from their new civil ...
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... Department at 160,000,000 bushels for the States east of the Rocky Moun- tains , of which 143,000,000 was the product of the twenty - two Northern States ( of which sta- tistics were given in 1865 ) , about 5,500,000 bushels less than ...
... Department at 160,000,000 bushels for the States east of the Rocky Moun- tains , of which 143,000,000 was the product of the twenty - two Northern States ( of which sta- tistics were given in 1865 ) , about 5,500,000 bushels less than ...
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... Department , and had hardly entered upon his duties when he was almost unanimously elect- ed Governor of Louisiana . He accepted the office , and at once gave himself up warmly and passionately to its duties . He was eminently fitted ...
... Department , and had hardly entered upon his duties when he was almost unanimously elect- ed Governor of Louisiana . He accepted the office , and at once gave himself up warmly and passionately to its duties . He was eminently fitted ...
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... Department , in response to a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives , it was shown that on Janu- ary 9 ... departments of the Army ; and was con- sidered to do injustice to officers of the regu- lar service . The Senate bill ...
... Department , in response to a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives , it was shown that on Janu- ary 9 ... departments of the Army ; and was con- sidered to do injustice to officers of the regu- lar service . The Senate bill ...
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... departments into which the country has been divided , with the troops as- signed to each : 1. The Department of the East , Major - Gen- eral George G. Meade to command , to em- brace the New England States , New York , New Jersey ...
... departments into which the country has been divided , with the troops as- signed to each : 1. The Department of the East , Major - Gen- eral George G. Meade to command , to em- brace the New England States , New York , New Jersey ...
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Page 202 - 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 214 - ... the same right in every State and Territory in the United 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 316 - ... condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 148 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled (two-thirds of both Houses concurring.) That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 196 - An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication.
Page 128 - Senate, who shall inquire into the condition of the States which formed the so-called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or any of them are entitled to be represented in either House of Congress...
Page 14 - By the surrender the inhabitants passed under a temporary allegiance to the British government, and were bound by such laws, and such only, as it chose to recognize and impose.
Page 183 - Union, according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But whenever in any State the elective franchise shall be denied to any portion of its male citizens not less than twenty-one years of age, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation in such {State shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male...
Page 132 - I am satisfied that the mass of thinking men of the south accept the present situation of affairs in good faith. The questions which have heretofore divided the sentiment of the people of the two sections — slavery and State rights, or the right of a State to secede from the Union — they regard as having been settled forever by the highest tribunal — arms — that man can resort to.
Page 127 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.