Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Session 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 - 628 pages Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. |
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... relation to the course of several of the members which could only be sustained or refuted by a publication of their remarks . At length I was earnestly requested to write out one of these speeches , and after some weeks of delay ...
... relation to the course of several of the members which could only be sustained or refuted by a publication of their remarks . At length I was earnestly requested to write out one of these speeches , and after some weeks of delay ...
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... relation to myself and my colleagues . The resolutions under which we are acting , require that we should from time to time communicate to the legislature of Virginia the proceedings of this body , and to express our own opinions of the ...
... relation to myself and my colleagues . The resolutions under which we are acting , require that we should from time to time communicate to the legislature of Virginia the proceedings of this body , and to express our own opinions of the ...
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... relation to it . By its terms the committee is to report on Friday , if it can properly do so . I suggest that the committee should have leave to sit during the sessions of the Conference . In this way our business may be greatly ...
... relation to it . By its terms the committee is to report on Friday , if it can properly do so . I suggest that the committee should have leave to sit during the sessions of the Conference . In this way our business may be greatly ...
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... relations with the deceased were , for many years , probably more intimate than those which existed between him and any other member of this Convention . Forty years have elapsed since I first made his acquaintance . He was then in full ...
... relations with the deceased were , for many years , probably more intimate than those which existed between him and any other member of this Convention . Forty years have elapsed since I first made his acquaintance . He was then in full ...
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... relations , which shall be subject to judicial cognizance in the federal courts , according to the common law ; and when any territory dorth or south of said line , within such boundary as Congress may prescribe , shall contain a ...
... relations , which shall be subject to judicial cognizance in the federal courts , according to the common law ; and when any territory dorth or south of said line , within such boundary as Congress may prescribe , shall contain a ...
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Page 225 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 59 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secrecy; and 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...
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 66 - ... cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Page 225 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 548 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Page 171 - 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 66 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute ; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions, which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Page 66 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty.