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... seats if they were otherwise entitled , but it is manifest that only two can be admitted under any circumstances . The Consti- tution declares that " the Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two Senators from each State ...
... seats if they were otherwise entitled , but it is manifest that only two can be admitted under any circumstances . The Consti- tution declares that " the Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two Senators from each State ...
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... seats are eligible . ' " I have already acknowledged the receipt of your letter of the 17th reporting the action of the senate on the same subject . " I have now to advise and instruct you that each house having complied with the ...
... seats are eligible . ' " I have already acknowledged the receipt of your letter of the 17th reporting the action of the senate on the same subject . " I have now to advise and instruct you that each house having complied with the ...
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... seats in the legislature , and to exclude them therefrom in a body , without giving them any voice in deciding the question ; and thereupon they filled up the seats so made vacant by the admission of the white per- sons having the next ...
... seats in the legislature , and to exclude them therefrom in a body , without giving them any voice in deciding the question ; and thereupon they filled up the seats so made vacant by the admission of the white per- sons having the next ...
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... seats , and that false swearing in taking such oaths shall be perjury , and be punished as such . The next section ( 5th ) provides severe penalties for any interference with the taking of such oaths and participation in the proceedings ...
... seats , and that false swearing in taking such oaths shall be perjury , and be punished as such . The next section ( 5th ) provides severe penalties for any interference with the taking of such oaths and participation in the proceedings ...
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... seats therein under the laws of the United States : Therefore it is hereby ordered that the said R. A. Donald- son , E. M. Taliaferro , and J. H. Nunn , be , and they hereby are , prohibited from taking part in the organization of said ...
... seats therein under the laws of the United States : Therefore it is hereby ordered that the said R. A. Donald- son , E. M. Taliaferro , and J. H. Nunn , be , and they hereby are , prohibited from taking part in the organization of said ...
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Page 7 - That when the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition...
Page 9 - That provision should be viewed, as it really was, a reasonable compensation offered by Congress, at a time when they had nothing else to give to the officers of the army for services then to be performed. It was the only means to prevent a total dereliction of the service. It was a part of their hire. I may be allowed to say, it was the price of their blood, and of your independency ; it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honor ; it can never be considered as a pension or gratuity,...
Page 7 - That, until the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, any civil governments which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, or supersede the same...
Page 8 - 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 6 - WHEREAS no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established...
Page 9 - shall, during the operation of said act, be by ballot ; and all officers making the said registration of voters and conducting said elections, shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe the oath prescribed...
Page 3 - States, the issue of said bonds and delivery to the company shall ipso facto constitute a first mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling stock, fixtures, and property of every kind and description, and in consideration of which said bonds may be issued...
Page 7 - The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter, but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties, and with the acts of Congress.
Page 7 - ... such constitution shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates...
Page 4 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the Government whenever required to do so by any Department thereof...