A Political Manual for 1866 [to 1869]Philp & Solomons, 1868 - United States |
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... suspended from office as Secretary of War , and will cease to exercise any and all functions per- taining to the same . You will at once trans- fer to General Ulysses S. Grant , who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as ...
... suspended from office as Secretary of War , and will cease to exercise any and all functions per- taining to the same . You will at once trans- fer to General Ulysses S. Grant , who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as ...
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... suspend me from office as Secretary of War , dent by the Constitution and laws of the United and you have notified me of your acceptance of States , I suspended Edwin M. Stanton from the the appointment of Secretary of War ad interim ...
... suspend me from office as Secretary of War , dent by the Constitution and laws of the United and you have notified me of your acceptance of States , I suspended Edwin M. Stanton from the the appointment of Secretary of War ad interim ...
Page 267
... suspended by his order Edwin M. Stanton from said office , and within twenty days after the first day of the next meeting of said Senate , that is to say , on the 12th day of December , in the year last afore- said , having reported to ...
... suspended by his order Edwin M. Stanton from said office , and within twenty days after the first day of the next meeting of said Senate , that is to say , on the 12th day of December , in the year last afore- said , having reported to ...
Page 274
... suspended from office as Secretary of War , and will cease to exercise any and all functions per- You will at once transfer to General Ulysses S. Grant , who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad ...
... suspended from office as Secretary of War , and will cease to exercise any and all functions per- You will at once transfer to General Ulysses S. Grant , who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad ...
Page 278
... suspended , or was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office . or relieved from command or assigned to duty elsewhere And this respondent doth further say that the than at said headquarters , except at his own request , with- out the ...
... suspended , or was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office . or relieved from command or assigned to duty elsewhere And this respondent doth further say that the than at said headquarters , except at his own request , with- out the ...
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Page 325 - 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 359 - 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 356 - States by positive legislation prohibiting its existence or extension therein; that we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial legislature, of any individual or association of individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the United States while the present Constitution shall be maintained.
Page 342 - 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 359 - That the new dogma, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
Page 341 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 341 - ... with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves...
Page 334 - 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...
Page 360 - That the Republican party is opposed to any change in our naturalization laws, or any State legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired ; and in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad.
Page 340 - The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...