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 This work contains speeches, addresses, and public records from the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
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第 7 頁
... interest that can possibly concern us all of an earthly char- acter . There is nothing - no question or subject connected with this life - that concerns a free people so intimately as that of the Government under which they live . We ...
... interest that can possibly concern us all of an earthly char- acter . There is nothing - no question or subject connected with this life - that concerns a free people so intimately as that of the Government under which they live . We ...
第 8 頁
... interest . That people should disagree in republican governments , upon questions of public policy , is natural . That men should dis- agree upon all matters connected with human inves- tigation , whether relating to science or human ...
... interest . That people should disagree in republican governments , upon questions of public policy , is natural . That men should dis- agree upon all matters connected with human inves- tigation , whether relating to science or human ...
第 12 頁
... interests of Georgia , or incur any dis- grace , if the interests of Georgia required it , to hold an office which a Breckinridge Senate had given him , even though Mr. Lincoln should be President . ( Prolonged applause , mingled with ...
... interests of Georgia , or incur any dis- grace , if the interests of Georgia required it , to hold an office which a Breckinridge Senate had given him , even though Mr. Lincoln should be President . ( Prolonged applause , mingled with ...
第 26 頁
... interest , remain in the Union , it is our duty to our- selves and to posterity to - let us not too readily yield to this temptation - do so . Our first parents , the great progenitors of the human race , were not without a like ...
... interest , remain in the Union , it is our duty to our- selves and to posterity to - let us not too readily yield to this temptation - do so . Our first parents , the great progenitors of the human race , were not without a like ...
第 28 頁
... interests , and honor - our present safety and future security can be maintained without yet looking to the last ... interest , and honor at every hazard , and to the last extremity . ( Ap- plause . ) What is this policy ? It is in ...
... interests , and honor - our present safety and future security can be maintained without yet looking to the last ... interest , and honor at every hazard , and to the last extremity . ( Ap- plause . ) What is this policy ? It is in ...
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第 49 頁 - 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; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
第 58 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 59 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 114 頁 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
第 87 頁 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
第 127 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 68 頁 - Constitution, are hereby repealed and abrogated; that the union between the State of Virginia and the other States under the Constitution aforesaid is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Virginia is in the full possession and exercise of all the rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
第 127 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 76 頁 - Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government and the inalienable rights of the people of the States will prevent...
第 109 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.