The Life of John J. Crittenden: With Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Bind 2Mrs. Chapman Coleman J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 |
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... Convention -- Letter from Amos A. Laurence - Letter from Edward Everett -- Senate , African Slave - Trade - Relations of States - Resolutions of Mr. Davis in the Senate , 1860 ..................... . CHAPTER XII . Amos A. Laurence to ...
... Convention -- Letter from Amos A. Laurence - Letter from Edward Everett -- Senate , African Slave - Trade - Relations of States - Resolutions of Mr. Davis in the Senate , 1860 ..................... . CHAPTER XII . Amos A. Laurence to ...
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... Conventions , etc. -In Senate , February 12 , 1861 , State of the Union - Letter from A. T. Burnley ....... CHAPTER XV . 250 Invitation from the Board of Aldermen of Boston to visit that City - Thanks of the People of Virginia for his ...
... Conventions , etc. -In Senate , February 12 , 1861 , State of the Union - Letter from A. T. Burnley ....... CHAPTER XV . 250 Invitation from the Board of Aldermen of Boston to visit that City - Thanks of the People of Virginia for his ...
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... convention should make some strong expression of its approbation of Mr. Fill- more , and its preference for him as their candidate . When they shall have done that , and with it their determination to support the nominee of the national ...
... convention should make some strong expression of its approbation of Mr. Fill- more , and its preference for him as their candidate . When they shall have done that , and with it their determination to support the nominee of the national ...
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... should be adopted by the convention . Believe me , my dear sir , always most cordially and faithfully your friend and servant , J. J. CRITTENDEN . R. C. WINTHROP . ( J. J. Crittenden to Hon . Daniel Webster . 36 LIFE OF JOHN J. CRITTENDEN .
... should be adopted by the convention . Believe me , my dear sir , always most cordially and faithfully your friend and servant , J. J. CRITTENDEN . R. C. WINTHROP . ( J. J. Crittenden to Hon . Daniel Webster . 36 LIFE OF JOHN J. CRITTENDEN .
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... Convention might result in withdrawing Mr. Fillmore , Mr. Webster , and General Scott , in which event I said , from what I had heard , it was not improbable that you would receive the nomination . I then ventured to ask him whether a ...
... Convention might result in withdrawing Mr. Fillmore , Mr. Webster , and General Scott , in which event I said , from what I had heard , it was not improbable that you would receive the nomination . I then ventured to ask him whether a ...
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Side 267 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Side 327 - Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion and resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged, upon our part, in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those 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...
Side 235 - The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States...
Side 327 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those 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 ;...
Side 43 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Side 235 - SEC. 6. The first, third and fifth sections, together with this section of these amendments, and the third paragraph of the second section of the first article of the constitution, and the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended or abolished without the consent of all the states.
Side 234 - That the following articles be and are hereby proposed and submitted as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of said Constitution, when ratified by conventions of three-fourths of the several States : ARTICLE i. In all the territory of the United States now held, or hereafter acquired, situate north of latitude 36° 30...
Side 234 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, twothirds 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...
Side 54 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Side 201 - States, a series of resolutions, afterward slightly modified to read as follows : " 1. Resolved, That, in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the States, adopting the same, acted severally as free and independent sovereignties, delegating a portion of their powers to be exercised by the Federal Government for the increased security of each against dangers, domestic as well as foreign...