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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Page 260
... Persons who were engaged in the late Rebel- lion - Proclaiming a General Amnesty - Order respecting the Transaction of Public Business -Correcting an Error in previous Proclama- tion - Orders respecting Reconstruction . XXXI . Members ...
... Persons who were engaged in the late Rebel- lion - Proclaiming a General Amnesty - Order respecting the Transaction of Public Business -Correcting an Error in previous Proclama- tion - Orders respecting Reconstruction . XXXI . Members ...
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... person to enter upon the discharge of the duties of that office , or to require me to transfer to you or any other person the records , books , papers , and other property in my official custody and charge as Secretary of War . But ...
... person to enter upon the discharge of the duties of that office , or to require me to transfer to you or any other person the records , books , papers , and other property in my official custody and charge as Secretary of War . But ...
Page 263
... person whomsoever . Which was disagreed to . Mr. Corbett moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Wilson , by striking out all after the word " 6 Whereas in the preamble , and inserting the words : The President has informed the Senate that ...
... person whomsoever . Which was disagreed to . Mr. Corbett moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Wilson , by striking out all after the word " 6 Whereas in the preamble , and inserting the words : The President has informed the Senate that ...
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... persons and papers and to examine witnesses on oath , and report to this House what action , if any , they may deem necessary , and that said committee have leave to report at any time ; And to whom was also referred , on the 21st day ...
... persons and papers and to examine witnesses on oath , and report to this House what action , if any , they may deem necessary , and that said committee have leave to report at any time ; And to whom was also referred , on the 21st day ...
Page 266
... persons , papers , and records , and to take testimony under oath . Which was agreed to - yeas 124 , nays 42 . The Speaker appointed Messrs . Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham on the former , and Messrs . Boutwell , Thaddeus Stevens ...
... persons , papers , and records , and to take testimony under oath . Which was agreed to - yeas 124 , nays 42 . The Speaker appointed Messrs . Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham on the former , and Messrs . Boutwell , Thaddeus Stevens ...
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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...