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... Birkenhead . Mar. 11 European rumors of projected intervention .. Abuses of neutrality by emissaries of the insurgents and their abettors in British ports and provinces . Mar. 13 European rumors of schemes of the insur- 314 316 317 319 ...
... Birkenhead . Mar. 11 European rumors of projected intervention .. Abuses of neutrality by emissaries of the insurgents and their abettors in British ports and provinces . Mar. 13 European rumors of schemes of the insur- 314 316 317 319 ...
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... Birkenhead 560 893 Adams . .do .... April 4 The alleged enlistments on board the Kear- sarge . 561 894 ...... do ...... April 4 Acknowledgment of proceedings of meeting at Rochdale . 561 896 .do .. April 4 898 .do . April 4 Case of the ...
... Birkenhead 560 893 Adams . .do .... April 4 The alleged enlistments on board the Kear- sarge . 561 894 ...... do ...... April 4 Acknowledgment of proceedings of meeting at Rochdale . 561 896 .do .. April 4 898 .do . April 4 Case of the ...
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... Birkenhead , I can only say that , as that matter is about to be brought before a court of law , I shall object to produce that correspondence . As the noble earl has raised that question , I may say that on the first night of the ...
... Birkenhead , I can only say that , as that matter is about to be brought before a court of law , I shall object to produce that correspondence . As the noble earl has raised that question , I may say that on the first night of the ...
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... Birkenhead . On that day Mr. Layard wrote to the Treasury desiring that they should be stopped . On referring to private letters of my own I find that I wrote from Scotland to Lord Palmerston on the 3d of September : " The conduct of ...
... Birkenhead . On that day Mr. Layard wrote to the Treasury desiring that they should be stopped . On referring to private letters of my own I find that I wrote from Scotland to Lord Palmerston on the 3d of September : " The conduct of ...
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... Birkenhead is so very suspicious that I have thought it necessary to direct that they should be detained . " And on the 4th of September I wrote to the noble lord : " The pressing matter , however , is that of the iron - clad rams . I ...
... Birkenhead is so very suspicious that I have thought it necessary to direct that they should be detained . " And on the 4th of September I wrote to the noble lord : " The pressing matter , however , is that of the iron - clad rams . I ...
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Page 14 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 13 - He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He can not voluntarily reaccept the Union; we can not voluntarily yield it. Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can only be tried by war and decided by victory.
Page 12 - Union cause, but on the distinct issue of Union or no Union the politicians have shown their instinctive knowledge that there is no diversity among the people. In affording the people the fair opportunity of showing one to another and to the world this firmness and unanimity of purpose, the election has been of vast value to the national cause.
Page 12 - California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, cast 3,982,011 votes now, against 3,870,222 cast then, showing an aggregate now of 3,982,01 1.
Page 11 - ... citizens in each of the States of Arkansas and Louisiana have organized loyal State governments, with free constitutions, and are earnestly struggling to maintain and administer them. The movements in the same direction, more extensive though less definite, in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee should not be overlooked. But Maryland presents the example of complete success.
Page 11 - It is the voice of the people now for the first time heard upon the question. In a great national crisis like ours, unanimity of action among those seeking a common end is very desirable — almost indispensable. And yet no approach to such unanimity is attainable unless some deference shall be paid to the will of the majority, simply because it is the will of the majority.
Page 154 - An Act for the further amendment of the Process, Practice, and Mode of Pleading in and enlarging the Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, and of the Superior Courts of Common Law of the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Durham.
Page 339 - It establishes the nature and solemnity of our present trust, to preserve and transmit our existing system of domestic servitude, with the right, unchallenged by man, to go and root itself wherever Providence and nature may carry it.
Page 135 - And in case of refusal or neglect to admit the same within six days after service of such notice, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court or a judge...
Page 188 - I said that the cabinet were of opinion that the law was sufficient ; but that legal evidence could not always be procured. That the British government had done everything in its power to execute the law ; but I admitted that the cases of the Alabama and Oreto were a scandal, and in some degree a reproach to our laws.