A Political Manual for 1868: Including a Classified Summary of the Important Executive, Legislative, and Politico- Military Facts of the Period from April 1, 1867 to July 15, 1868 |
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... Governor Parsons on Ala- bama's Ratification of XIVth Amendment- Financial Legislation authorizing the 6's of 1881 , the 5-20's , the 10-40's , the Consolidated Loan of 1865 , Legal Tenders , Sinking Fund , and Limiting the amount of ...
... Governor Parsons on Ala- bama's Ratification of XIVth Amendment- Financial Legislation authorizing the 6's of 1881 , the 5-20's , the 10-40's , the Consolidated Loan of 1865 , Legal Tenders , Sinking Fund , and Limiting the amount of ...
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... Governor Swann to remove the old com- missioners and to appoint their successors . the old commissioners refused to give up , how- ever , I contended that no resource was left but to appeal to the courts . Finding that the President was ...
... Governor Swann to remove the old com- missioners and to appoint their successors . the old commissioners refused to give up , how- ever , I contended that no resource was left but to appeal to the courts . Finding that the President was ...
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... Governor Cox , of Ohio , for the office of Secre- tary of War was suggested to me . His appoint- ment , as Mr. Stanton's successor , was urged in your name , and it was said that his selection would save further embarrassment . I did ...
... Governor Cox , of Ohio , for the office of Secre- tary of War was suggested to me . His appoint- ment , as Mr. Stanton's successor , was urged in your name , and it was said that his selection would save further embarrassment . I did ...
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... Governor Cox , believing that it would be agreeable to you and also to Mr. Stanton - satisfied as I was that it was the good of the country , and not the office , the latter desired . On the 15th ultimo , in presence of General Sher ...
... Governor Cox , believing that it would be agreeable to you and also to Mr. Stanton - satisfied as I was that it was the good of the country , and not the office , the latter desired . On the 15th ultimo , in presence of General Sher ...
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... Governor Swann , of the State of Maryland . It is the opinion of General Canby and the state- ment of Governor Swann , that no danger of riot need be apprehended unless the latter should find it necessary to remove the present police ...
... Governor Swann , of the State of Maryland . It is the opinion of General Canby and the state- ment of Governor Swann , that no danger of riot need be apprehended unless the latter should find it necessary to remove the present police ...
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Page 327 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 330 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 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, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 343 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States...
Page 382 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 361 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 357 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution...
Page 344 - 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, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 362 - That the government of a Territory, organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and, during its existence, all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 270 - An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867 ; and, also, to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...