History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68 |
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Page 157
... authority in the world , it is only that color which it derives from the fact that we occupy a belligerent attitude toward the States lately in rebellion , and not because we have authority by municipal enactments to carry our tribunals ...
... authority in the world , it is only that color which it derives from the fact that we occupy a belligerent attitude toward the States lately in rebellion , and not because we have authority by municipal enactments to carry our tribunals ...
Page 176
... authority to become the common almoner of the charities of the people . I deny that there is any authority in the Federal Constitution to authorize us to put our hands into their pockets and take therefrom a part of their hard earnings ...
... authority to become the common almoner of the charities of the people . I deny that there is any authority in the Federal Constitution to authorize us to put our hands into their pockets and take therefrom a part of their hard earnings ...
Page 333
... authority in these States ; when the rebels were all out of power ; when these States were without civil governments ; when they were completely under the government of the nation , he , without consulting Congress and without the authority ...
... authority in these States ; when the rebels were all out of power ; when these States were without civil governments ; when they were completely under the government of the nation , he , without consulting Congress and without the authority ...
Contents
RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE | 13 |
CHAPTER II | 42 |
CHAPTER III | 105 |
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