Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, Parte3Government Pint. Office, 1866 - 822 páginas Committee on the part of the Senate: William P. Fessenden, and others. Committee on the part of the House: Thaddeus Stevens, and others. |
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... held from themselves , who had always been loyal . Slavery , by building up a ruling and dominant class , had produced a spirit of oligarchy adverse to repub- lican institutions , which finally inaugurated civil war . The tendency of ...
... held from themselves , who had always been loyal . Slavery , by building up a ruling and dominant class , had produced a spirit of oligarchy adverse to repub- lican institutions , which finally inaugurated civil war . The tendency of ...
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... held were ordered by the conventions . In one instance at least the writs of election were signed by the provisional governor . Glaring irregularities , and unwarranted . assumptions of power , are manifest in several cases ...
... held were ordered by the conventions . In one instance at least the writs of election were signed by the provisional governor . Glaring irregularities , and unwarranted . assumptions of power , are manifest in several cases ...
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... held to operate from and after the 6th day of May , 1861 , until such time hereafter as the legislature may prescribe , nor shall any writ of error be refused or abated in any cause or suit decided since the 6th day of May , 1861 , and ...
... held to operate from and after the 6th day of May , 1861 , until such time hereafter as the legislature may prescribe , nor shall any writ of error be refused or abated in any cause or suit decided since the 6th day of May , 1861 , and ...
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... held under said constitution as amended , if ratified by the people , no person shall be permitted to vote unless he first take the following oth at the polls ; and the name of each voter shall be written upon the back of his ticket ...
... held under said constitution as amended , if ratified by the people , no person shall be permitted to vote unless he first take the following oth at the polls ; and the name of each voter shall be written upon the back of his ticket ...
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... held on the 4th of March next following , to assemble at the capitol in Nashville on the first Monday in April next thereafter ; and whereas the returns of the election for the ratification or rejection of the proposed amend- ments of ...
... held on the 4th of March next following , to assemble at the capitol in Nashville on the first Monday in April next thereafter ; and whereas the returns of the election for the ratification or rejection of the proposed amend- ments of ...
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Página 80 - 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...
Página 184 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Página 6 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Página 82 - The powers of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to- wit : Those which are legislative, to one ; those which are executive, to another ; and those which are judicial, to another.
Página 85 - Each of the officers in this article named, excepting the Speaker of the Assembly, shall, at stated times during his continuance in office, receive for his services a compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he receive to his use any fees or perquisites of office or other compensation.
Página 81 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Página 89 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 81 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Página 86 - In cases of treason he shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to grant reprieves -and pardons, and he may, in the recess of the senate, respite the sentence until the end of the next session of the general assembly.
Página xxiii - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.