A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Nide 7Bureau of National Literature, Incorporated, 1917 |
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Sivu 2964
... gives birth to extravagant legislation . It produces wild schemes of expenditure and begets a race of speculators and jobbers , whose ingenuity is exerted in contriving and promoting expedients to obtain public money . The purity of ...
... gives birth to extravagant legislation . It produces wild schemes of expenditure and begets a race of speculators and jobbers , whose ingenuity is exerted in contriving and promoting expedients to obtain public money . The purity of ...
Sivu 2967
... give to Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures " as I judge to be “ necessary and expedient . ” But first and above all , our thanks are due to Almighty God for the numerous ...
... give to Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures " as I judge to be “ necessary and expedient . ” But first and above all , our thanks are due to Almighty God for the numerous ...
Sivu 2990
... of the most important trusts ever committed to any people . Whilst I do not deny to Congress the power , when acting bona fide as a proprietor , to give away portions of them for the purpose of increasing the value of James Buchanan 2990.
... of the most important trusts ever committed to any people . Whilst I do not deny to Congress the power , when acting bona fide as a proprietor , to give away portions of them for the purpose of increasing the value of James Buchanan 2990.
Sivu 2998
... give concerning him , and that it is only through the action of the judiciary that he could be lawfully held in custody to answer any charges that might be brought against him . " In thus far disapproving the conduct of Commodore ...
... give concerning him , and that it is only through the action of the judiciary that he could be lawfully held in custody to answer any charges that might be brought against him . " In thus far disapproving the conduct of Commodore ...
Sivu 3008
... give it validity . Had I enter- tained such an opinion , this would have been in opposition to many prec- edents in our history , commencing in the very best age of the Republic . It would have been in opposition to the principle which ...
... give it validity . Had I enter- tained such an opinion , this would have been in opposition to many prec- edents in our history , commencing in the very best age of the Republic . It would have been in opposition to the principle which ...
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Sivu 3353 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Sivu 3290 - That on the first day of January, in the year of "our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty"three, all persons held as slaves within any State or "designated part of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States, shall "be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Sivu 3006 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Sivu 3329 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Sivu 3327 - The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each. This, I think, cannot be perfectly cured, and it would be worse in both cases after the separation of the sections than before.
Sivu 3290 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States ;...
Sivu 2975 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Sivu 3353 - 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...
Sivu 3301 - Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error; I am, nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.
Sivu 3147 - government, legislative, executive and judiciary, result to the leg" islative body. The concentrating these in the same hands, is " precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no " alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of " hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three " despots would surely be as oppressive as one.