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... despatch of the 27th of November ( No. 545 ) has been received . We await with much interest the end of the prosecution in the case of the Alexandra . Meanwhile the bold and flagrant crime committed in the name of the insurgents here ...
... despatch of the 27th of November ( No. 545 ) has been received . We await with much interest the end of the prosecution in the case of the Alexandra . Meanwhile the bold and flagrant crime committed in the name of the insurgents here ...
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... despatch of yes- terday , No. 789 . I am , sir , your obedient servant , CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS , Esq . , Sr. , Sr. , & c . WILLIAM H. SEWARD . No. 560. ] SIR : Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward . [ Extract . ] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES ...
... despatch of yes- terday , No. 789 . I am , sir , your obedient servant , CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS , Esq . , Sr. , Sr. , & c . WILLIAM H. SEWARD . No. 560. ] SIR : Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward . [ Extract . ] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES ...
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... despatch of the 11th of December , No. 553 , and in this connexion I take leave to refer to your previous despatch , No. 548 , and to my reply thereto , No. 791. All of these papers relate to Earl Russell's complaint that the commandant ...
... despatch of the 11th of December , No. 553 , and in this connexion I take leave to refer to your previous despatch , No. 548 , and to my reply thereto , No. 791. All of these papers relate to Earl Russell's complaint that the commandant ...
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... despatch of the 3d of December last ( No. 547 ) has been received , together with the copy of the correspondence which , at that date , had taken place between yourself and Earl Russell on the subject of the Rappahannock . I have the ...
... despatch of the 3d of December last ( No. 547 ) has been received , together with the copy of the correspondence which , at that date , had taken place between yourself and Earl Russell on the subject of the Rappahannock . I have the ...
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... despatch of December 24 ( No. 563 ) has been received , together with its voluminous and effective supplement of proofs of the abuse of the British and international laws in the case of the Rappahannock . The Presi- dent does not permit ...
... despatch of December 24 ( No. 563 ) has been received , together with its voluminous and effective supplement of proofs of the abuse of the British and international laws in the case of the Rappahannock . The Presi- dent does not permit ...
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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.