Papers on Slavery, Rebellion, Etc1856 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 22 筆
第 65 頁
... Captain Wilkes to find them has been a matter of exultation . Lieutenant Fairfax was not bound to search for them after the captain of the Trent refused to show his passenger list or to give any information . He might well suppose that ...
... Captain Wilkes to find them has been a matter of exultation . Lieutenant Fairfax was not bound to search for them after the captain of the Trent refused to show his passenger list or to give any information . He might well suppose that ...
第 67 頁
... Captain Wilkes did not capture the steamer , send her in for trial and confiscation , and in so doing delay her Majesty's mails , and de- range the business of all the passengers and others concerned in the regular trip of the vessel ...
... Captain Wilkes did not capture the steamer , send her in for trial and confiscation , and in so doing delay her Majesty's mails , and de- range the business of all the passengers and others concerned in the regular trip of the vessel ...
第 68 頁
... Captain Wilkes had seized the despatches , and , taking them and Messrs . Mason and Slidell on board of the San Jacinto , ( as we suppose he had a right to do , for safety , if he had a right to seize the Trent , ) had then put a prize ...
... Captain Wilkes had seized the despatches , and , taking them and Messrs . Mason and Slidell on board of the San Jacinto , ( as we suppose he had a right to do , for safety , if he had a right to seize the Trent , ) had then put a prize ...
第 4 頁
... Captain Wilkes to justify it . It is acceded to with a substantial declaration that the act was justifiable but for the neglect to bring the vessel in for adjudication ; and the surrender is made on account of this omission , or because ...
... Captain Wilkes to justify it . It is acceded to with a substantial declaration that the act was justifiable but for the neglect to bring the vessel in for adjudication ; and the surrender is made on account of this omission , or because ...
第 9 頁
... Captain Wilkes . On the latter supposition , the treaties , so far from furnishing an argument against his proceedings , would , as between the United States and Great Britain , fur- nish very conclusive evidence in his favor . So in ...
... Captain Wilkes . On the latter supposition , the treaties , so far from furnishing an argument against his proceedings , would , as between the United States and Great Britain , fur- nish very conclusive evidence in his favor . So in ...
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admission admitted adopted alleged ambassador amendment argument Articles of Confederation assert attempt authority belligerent blockade Britain Captain Wilkes capture character citizens clause colony compact Confederate confiscation Congress Constitution contraband Convention court declaration despatches duty election emancipation enemy enemy's England entitled execution exercise existing force foreign freemen granted habeas corpus hostile inhabitants insurgents insurrection Jefferson Davis JOEL PARKER land law of nations legislative legislature LEONARD BACON letters of marque liberty limits martial law Mason and Slidell Massachusetts matter ment military Missouri Compromise mode necessity neutral country operations opinion party persons Plymouth Plymouth colony political port President principles prisoners proclamation provision purpose question reason rebellion rebels regarded relation representation represented respecting revolution rule seceding secession slavery slaves Slidell South South Carolina Southern statute supposed suspended territory tion towns traitors treaty Trent tution Union United violation vote Whig
熱門章節
第 26 頁 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
第 33 頁 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
第 27 頁 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
第 77 頁 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
第 20 頁 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
第 40 頁 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
第 27 頁 - ... of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said Confederation are submitted to them. And that the Articles thereof shall be inviolably...
第 11 頁 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.
第 40 頁 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
第 64 頁 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.