The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year, Volume 6D. Appleton and Company, 1868 |
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The right to testify in courts , in certain cases , was extended to the freedmen at the session of 1865 - '66 , and ... Court of the State , and was decided on January 23 , 1867. An act , passed on Novem- ber 9 , 1861 , authorized ...
The right to testify in courts , in certain cases , was extended to the freedmen at the session of 1865 - '66 , and ... Court of the State , and was decided on January 23 , 1867. An act , passed on Novem- ber 9 , 1861 , authorized ...
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... Court Judges , and members of the Legislature . The total vote given for Auditor was 34,407 , which was divided among three candidates as follows : Miller , Union , 15,241 ; Fagan , Union , 12,690 ; Berry , Republican , 6,476 ...
... Court Judges , and members of the Legislature . The total vote given for Auditor was 34,407 , which was divided among three candidates as follows : Miller , Union , 15,241 ; Fagan , Union , 12,690 ; Berry , Republican , 6,476 ...
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... courts - martial and military commissions were received , reviewed , and filed in this bureau , and 4,008 special reports made as to the regu- larity of judicial proceedings , the pardon of military offenders , etc. , including letters ...
... courts - martial and military commissions were received , reviewed , and filed in this bureau , and 4,008 special reports made as to the regu- larity of judicial proceedings , the pardon of military offenders , etc. , including letters ...
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... courts - martial , " shall be prepared and presented to the Thirty - ninth Congress at its second session . By direction of the Secretary of War , a board of officers , consisting of Brevet Colonel H. B. Chitz , 6th U. S. Infantry ...
... courts - martial , " shall be prepared and presented to the Thirty - ninth Congress at its second session . By direction of the Secretary of War , a board of officers , consisting of Brevet Colonel H. B. Chitz , 6th U. S. Infantry ...
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... courts . On June 18th , the first Austrian . troops crossed the Prussian frontier , thus actu- ally opening the war against Prussia and Italy , which , after the short duration of a few weeks , ended in the total defeat of Austria , and ...
... courts . On June 18th , the first Austrian . troops crossed the Prussian frontier , thus actu- ally opening the war against Prussia and Italy , which , after the short duration of a few weeks , ended in the total defeat of Austria , and ...
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Page 189 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 201 - 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 125 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 314 - ... 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 146 - 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 194 - An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication.
Page 157 - 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 182 - ... of these provisions is just. They are all asserted, in some form or other, in our DECLARATION or organic law. But the Constitution limits only the action of Congress, and is not a limitation on the States. This amendment supplies that defect, and allows Congress to correct the unjust legislation of the States, so far that the law which operates upon one man shall operate equally upon all.
Page 194 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Page 224 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives are prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any time by law alter such regulations, or make new ones, except as to the places of choosing senators.