A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Prepared Under the Joint Committee on Printing of the House and Senate, Pursuant to an Act of the Fifty-second Congress of the United States (with Additions and Encyclopedic Index by Private Enterprise)Bureau of National Literature, 1897 - Presidents |
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... bill under consideration refers to certain of the States as though they had not " been fully restored in all their constitutional relations to the United States . " If they have not , let us at once act together to secure that desirable ...
... bill under consideration refers to certain of the States as though they had not " been fully restored in all their constitutional relations to the United States . " If they have not , let us at once act together to secure that desirable ...
Page 3604
... bill can not be necessary to make them such . If , on the other hand , such persons are not citizens , as may be assumed from the proposed legislation to make them such , the grave question presents itself whether , when eleven of the ...
... bill can not be necessary to make them such . If , on the other hand , such persons are not citizens , as may be assumed from the proposed legislation to make them such , the grave question presents itself whether , when eleven of the ...
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... bill also contains an enumeration of the rights to be enjoyed by these classes so made citizens " in every State and Territory in the United States . " These rights are " to make and enforce contracts ; to sue , be parties , and give ...
... bill also contains an enumeration of the rights to be enjoyed by these classes so made citizens " in every State and Territory in the United States . " These rights are " to make and enforce contracts ; to sue , be parties , and give ...
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... bill , why , it may be asked , may not Congress repeal in the same way all State laws discriminating between the two races on the subjects of suffrage and office ? If Congress can declare by law who shall hold lands , who shall testify ...
... bill , why , it may be asked , may not Congress repeal in the same way all State laws discriminating between the two races on the subjects of suffrage and office ? If Congress can declare by law who shall hold lands , who shall testify ...
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... bill seems to contemplate is so likely to occur as to render it necessary at this time to adopt a measure of such doubtful constitutionality . In the next place , this provision of the bill seems to be unnecessary , as adequate judicial ...
... bill seems to contemplate is so likely to occur as to render it necessary at this time to adopt a measure of such doubtful constitutionality . In the next place , this provision of the bill seems to be unnecessary , as adequate judicial ...
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Page 4000 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 3645 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 3623 - States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation ory custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 3998 - States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 3709 - States in the same from the said foreign nation or from any other foreign country, the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer...
Page 3627 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 3974 - 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 3739 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm ) , in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Page 4002 - ... in either of which cases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (as the case may be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours...
Page 3633 - States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.