Echoes from the South: Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South During the Late WarE. B. Treat & Company, 1866 - 211 頁 |
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第 9 頁
... Union in conse- quence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the presi- dency of the United States ? My countrymen , I tell you frankly , candidly , and earnestly , that I do not think that they ought . In my judgment , the elec- tion of no ...
... Union in conse- quence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the presi- dency of the United States ? My countrymen , I tell you frankly , candidly , and earnestly , that I do not think that they ought . In my judgment , the elec- tion of no ...
第 10 頁
... Union on that account , the record would be made up hereafter against us . But it is said Mr. Lincola's policy and principies are against the Constitution , and that if he carries them out it will be destructive of our rights . Let us ...
... Union on that account , the record would be made up hereafter against us . But it is said Mr. Lincola's policy and principies are against the Constitution , and that if he carries them out it will be destructive of our rights . Let us ...
第 12 頁
... Union when his hands are tied , when he can do nothing against us ? I have heard it mooted that no man in the State of Georgia , who is true to her interests , could hold office under Mr. Lincoln . But , I ask , who appoints to office ...
... Union when his hands are tied , when he can do nothing against us ? I have heard it mooted that no man in the State of Georgia , who is true to her interests , could hold office under Mr. Lincoln . But , I ask , who appoints to office ...
第 13 頁
... Union for the glories of the past , or the blessings of the present , as much as it has done for the people of all these States , as much as it has done for civilization , as much as the hopes of the world hang upon it , I would never ...
... Union for the glories of the past , or the blessings of the present , as much as it has done for the people of all these States , as much as it has done for civilization , as much as the hopes of the world hang upon it , I would never ...
第 14 頁
... Union , or I will look for new safeguards elsewhere . This is my position . The only question now is , can they be secured in the Union ? That is what I am counselling with you to - night about . Can it be secured ? In my judg ment it ...
... Union , or I will look for new safeguards elsewhere . This is my position . The only question now is , can they be secured in the Union ? That is what I am counselling with you to - night about . Can it be secured ? In my judg ment it ...
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第 56 頁 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
第 47 頁 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
第 57 頁 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
第 112 頁 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
第 85 頁 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
第 46 頁 - Britain: and finally we do assert and declare these colonies to be free and independent states,] and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
第 125 頁 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reap126 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. pointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
第 52 頁 - States have assumed the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions ; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution ; they have denounced as sinful the institution of Slavery...
第 125 頁 - President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
第 107 頁 - The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other Federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.