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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Page 3603
... measure involving questions and interests so important to the country will not become a law , unless upon deliberate consideration by the people it shall receive the sanction of an enlightened public judgment . ANDREW JOHNSON ...
... measure involving questions and interests so important to the country will not become a law , unless upon deliberate consideration by the people it shall receive the sanction of an enlightened public judgment . ANDREW JOHNSON ...
Page 3607
... measure of such doubtful constitutionality . In the next place , this provision of the bill seems to be unnecessary , as adequate judicial remedies could be adopted to secure the desired end without invading the immunities of ...
... measure of such doubtful constitutionality . In the next place , this provision of the bill seems to be unnecessary , as adequate judicial remedies could be adopted to secure the desired end without invading the immunities of ...
Page 3610
... measure over the vast region where it is intended to operate . I do not propose to consider the policy of this bill . To me the details of the bill seem fraught with evil . The white race and the black race of the South have hitherto ...
... measure over the vast region where it is intended to operate . I do not propose to consider the policy of this bill . To me the details of the bill seem fraught with evil . The white race and the black race of the South have hitherto ...
Page 3611
... measure that may be necessary for the protection of the civil rights of the freedmen , as well as those of all other classes of persons throughout the United States , by judicial process , under equal and impartial laws , in conformity ...
... measure that may be necessary for the protection of the civil rights of the freedmen , as well as those of all other classes of persons throughout the United States , by judicial process , under equal and impartial laws , in conformity ...
Page 3614
... measure derived from the enabling act which was passed by Congress on the 21st day of March , 1864. Although Congress then supposed that the condition of the Territory was such as to warrant its admission as a State , the result of two ...
... measure derived from the enabling act which was passed by Congress on the 21st day of March , 1864. Although Congress then supposed that the condition of the Territory was such as to warrant its admission as a State , the result of two ...
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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.