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... ment , and governmental institutions over the new and unoccupied portions of our country have scarcely been checked , much less impeded or destroyed , by our great civil war , which at first glance would seem to have absorbed almost the ...
... ment , and governmental institutions over the new and unoccupied portions of our country have scarcely been checked , much less impeded or destroyed , by our great civil war , which at first glance would seem to have absorbed almost the ...
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... ment act by agents and officers of the United States government , I submit as matter of public interest at this time the following official documents which have come into my hands . I am , & c . , EDITOR OF THE TIMES . JAMES SMITH ...
... ment act by agents and officers of the United States government , I submit as matter of public interest at this time the following official documents which have come into my hands . I am , & c . , EDITOR OF THE TIMES . JAMES SMITH ...
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... ment . Second , in regard to Captain Winslow , that unless you have discovered or been put in possession of facts controverting his denial and proofs , that you will say to his lordship that it seems to this government that Captain ...
... ment . Second , in regard to Captain Winslow , that unless you have discovered or been put in possession of facts controverting his denial and proofs , that you will say to his lordship that it seems to this government that Captain ...
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... ment flagrant violations of our national rights of a similar kind attempted in her Majesty's North American provinces , and having still more recently given to Earl Russell , through your hands , the avowal of all these transactions by ...
... ment flagrant violations of our national rights of a similar kind attempted in her Majesty's North American provinces , and having still more recently given to Earl Russell , through your hands , the avowal of all these transactions by ...
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... ment was , in every case , refused , in accordance with your instructions . During the time we were at anchor the ship was surrounded by boats filled with men desiring to enlist . Orders were given and executed not to allow them along ...
... ment was , in every case , refused , in accordance with your instructions . During the time we were at anchor the ship was surrounded by boats filled with men desiring to enlist . Orders were given and executed not to allow them along ...
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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.