The Political History of the United States of America During the Period of Reconstruction: (from April 15, 1865, to July 15, 1870,) Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses. With the Votes Thereon; Together with the Action, Congressional and State, on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and the Other Important Executive, Legislative, Politico-military, and Judicial Facts of that PeriodSolomons & Chapman, 1875 - 652 páginas |
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... Opinion of Attorney General on Jurisdiction of Military Commissions ... 433-478 On right of a State to Tax Passengers passing through it - State Taxation of United States Cer- tificates of Indebtedness - State Taxation of United States ...
... Opinion of Attorney General on Jurisdiction of Military Commissions ... 433-478 On right of a State to Tax Passengers passing through it - State Taxation of United States Cer- tificates of Indebtedness - State Taxation of United States ...
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... opinion , place the basis of representation and direct taxation upon correct principles . The qualified voters were , for the most part , men who were subject to draft and enlistment when it was necessary to repel invasion , suppress re ...
... opinion , place the basis of representation and direct taxation upon correct principles . The qualified voters were , for the most part , men who were subject to draft and enlistment when it was necessary to repel invasion , suppress re ...
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... opinions held by men at the South for years can be changed in a day ; and therefore the freedmen require for a few ... opinion , are not war- both contracting parties comply with their en - ranted by the Constitution , and are not well ...
... opinions held by men at the South for years can be changed in a day ; and therefore the freedmen require for a few ... opinion , are not war- both contracting parties comply with their en - ranted by the Constitution , and are not well ...
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... opinion own persons under their commissions . Neither that their condition was such as to justify their had the President , as commander - in - chief , any restoration , yet it is quite obvious that Con- other than military power . But ...
... opinion own persons under their commissions . Neither that their condition was such as to justify their had the President , as commander - in - chief , any restoration , yet it is quite obvious that Con- other than military power . But ...
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... opinion existing among the people of these States ; to ascertain how far their pre- They continued this war for four years with tended loyalty could be relied upon , and thence the most determined and malignant spirit , killing to infer ...
... opinion existing among the people of these States ; to ascertain how far their pre- They continued this war for four years with tended loyalty could be relied upon , and thence the most determined and malignant spirit , killing to infer ...
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Página 78 - States; and such citizens, of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have 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...
Página 361 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 256 - In questions of power then let no more be heard" of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief, by the chains of the Constitution.
Página 78 - 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...
Página 145 - 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.
Página 247 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances.
Página 16 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired;...
Página 102 - 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...
Página 100 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 195 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the Dis-Unionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the Constitutional Government and in arms around the Capital...