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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... representation act adopted during the last session of the Cape Parliament . The third session of the third colonial Parliament was opened by Governor Wodehouse on September 6th . New govern- ment measures were announced in the form of ...
... representation act adopted during the last session of the Cape Parliament . The third session of the third colonial Parliament was opened by Governor Wodehouse on September 6th . New govern- ment measures were announced in the form of ...
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... representation has never been a source of trouble or inconvenience . It contributed in no way to the recent troubles of the country , and ing any part of the results of the war . a change in it cannot be legitimately claimed as form ...
... representation has never been a source of trouble or inconvenience . It contributed in no way to the recent troubles of the country , and ing any part of the results of the war . a change in it cannot be legitimately claimed as form ...
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... representation in Congress . Among other reforms aimed at is a reorganiza- tion of the common - school system . A com- mission was , in 1866 , engaged in examining the various systems in the world , with reference to thorough and ...
... representation in Congress . Among other reforms aimed at is a reorganiza- tion of the common - school system . A com- mission was , in 1866 , engaged in examining the various systems in the world , with reference to thorough and ...
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... representation in the Congress which acted upon this amendment . 2. This proposed amendment was never submitted to the President for his sanction , as it should have been , according to the very letter of that Constitution under which ...
... representation in the Congress which acted upon this amendment . 2. This proposed amendment was never submitted to the President for his sanction , as it should have been , according to the very letter of that Constitution under which ...
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... representation , although compelled to pay taxes ; more especially where such race constitutes the majority of the citizens , and where the enfranchised minority has forfeited its rights by rebellion ; and more especially still where ...
... representation , although compelled to pay taxes ; more especially where such race constitutes the majority of the citizens , and where the enfranchised minority has forfeited its rights by rebellion ; and more especially still where ...
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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.