The Century of Independence: Embracing a Collection, from Official Sources, of the Most Important Documents and Statistics Connected with the Political History of America; Also, a Chronological Record of the Principal Events ... with Biographical and Historical SketchesJ. R. Hussey & Company, 1876 - 545 pages |
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... allowed by the United States in Congress as- sembled , shall be defrayed out of a common treasury , which shall be supplied by the several States , in proportion to the value of all land within each State , granted to or surveyed for ...
... allowed by the United States in Congress as- sembled , shall be defrayed out of a common treasury , which shall be supplied by the several States , in proportion to the value of all land within each State , granted to or surveyed for ...
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... allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years- to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States , and to appropriate and ap- ply the same for ...
... allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years- to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States , and to appropriate and ap- ply the same for ...
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... allowed at an earlier period , and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand . ART VI . There shall be neither slavery nor involun- tary servitude in the said Territory , otherwise than in the ...
... allowed at an earlier period , and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand . ART VI . There shall be neither slavery nor involun- tary servitude in the said Territory , otherwise than in the ...
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... allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States , nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that pur- pose ; and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court : And ...
... allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States , nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that pur- pose ; and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court : And ...
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... allowed to them for similar services in other cases ; and where such services are rendered exclusively in the arrest , custody , and delivery of the fugitive to the claimant , his or her agent or attorney , or where such supposed ...
... allowed to them for similar services in other cases ; and where such services are rendered exclusively in the arrest , custody , and delivery of the fugitive to the claimant , his or her agent or attorney , or where such supposed ...
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Page 153 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 21 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Page 21 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 72 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 24 - And the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 25 - ... or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; 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...
Page 78 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Page 31 - 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 153 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Page 526 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...