A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention: For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861D. Appleton, 1864 - 626 pages |
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... after some discussion , by a close vote was laid upon the table . On the 18th , finding the labor of taking notes greater than I had anticipated , and desiring that a com- plete record should be preserved ; I introduced a resolu-
... after some discussion , by a close vote was laid upon the table . On the 18th , finding the labor of taking notes greater than I had anticipated , and desiring that a com- plete record should be preserved ; I introduced a resolu-
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... labor and a degree of attention to the subject , which few gentlemen were in- clined to give . The work , therefore , was thrown almost exclusively upon myself , Some idea of its amount and severity may be formed when it is stated ...
... labor and a degree of attention to the subject , which few gentlemen were in- clined to give . The work , therefore , was thrown almost exclusively upon myself , Some idea of its amount and severity may be formed when it is stated ...
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... labor while I live . I pray GOD that He will be with us during our deliberations , and that may guide them to a happy and wise conclusion . He Mr. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD , a commissioner from the State PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE . 11.
... labor while I live . I pray GOD that He will be with us during our deliberations , and that may guide them to a happy and wise conclusion . He Mr. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD , a commissioner from the State PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE . 11.
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... labor . He was not permitted to witness upon earth the result of the mission upon which he and his associates , who here mourn his loss , were sent . God grant that the clouds which now darken over us may speedily disperse , and that ...
... labor . He was not permitted to witness upon earth the result of the mission upon which he and his associates , who here mourn his loss , were sent . God grant that the clouds which now darken over us may speedily disperse , and that ...
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... labor most earnestly for the preservation of the Union . I tender my sympathies to the family of the deceased . I unite with them in their regrets and in their hopes of the happy future to which he may have attained , The Hon . WILLIAM ...
... labor most earnestly for the preservation of the Union . I tender my sympathies to the family of the deceased . I unite with them in their regrets and in their hopes of the happy future to which he may have attained , The Hon . WILLIAM ...
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Page 66 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all...
Page 65 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Page 59 - ... the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several states.
Page 66 - One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the Constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of Governments as of other human institutions...
Page 547 - That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 171 - O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 348 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 227 - 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 171 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee...
Page 491 - 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...