The National Handbook of Facts and Figures: Historical, Statistical, Documentary, Political, from the Formation of the Government to the Present Time. With a Full Chronology of the RebellionE.B. Treat, 1868 - 407 pages |
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... . No preference shall be given , by any regulation of commerce or revenue , to the ports of one State over those of another ; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . 27.
... . No preference shall be given , by any regulation of commerce or revenue , to the ports of one State over those of another ; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . 27.
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... given in each State to the public acts , records , and judicial pro- ceedings of every other State . And the Congress may , by general laws , prescribe the manner in which such acts , records , and proceedings shall be proved , and the ...
... given in each State to the public acts , records , and judicial pro- ceedings of every other State . And the Congress may , by general laws , prescribe the manner in which such acts , records , and proceedings shall be proved , and the ...
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... given aid and comfort to the enemies there- of . But Congress may , by a vote of two - thirds of each House , remove such disabilities . § 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law , including debts ...
... given aid and comfort to the enemies there- of . But Congress may , by a vote of two - thirds of each House , remove such disabilities . § 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law , including debts ...
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... given to the executive authority making such demand , or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive , and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear . But if no such agent shall appear ...
... given to the executive authority making such demand , or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive , and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear . But if no such agent shall appear ...
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... given or declared , or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid , shall , for either of the said offences , forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars . Which penalty ...
... given or declared , or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid , shall , for either of the said offences , forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars . Which penalty ...
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Page 199 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 23 - They shall, in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Page 51 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 20 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 27 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 74 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 77 - The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive Government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those, out of whom...
Page 210 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 224 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 85 - Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.