Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, Parte3Government Pint. Office, 1866 - 822 páginas Committee on the part of the Senate: William P. Fessenden, and others. Committee on the part of the House: Thaddeus Stevens, and others. |
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... blacks would intermarry and amalgamate ? Answer . I do not think there is any more danger now than there was when ... blacks would have a strong inclination to unite with the whites in marriage ? Answer . No , sir : I do not . I do not ...
... blacks would intermarry and amalgamate ? Answer . I do not think there is any more danger now than there was when ... blacks would have a strong inclination to unite with the whites in marriage ? Answer . No , sir : I do not . I do not ...
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... blacks ? Answer . In my candid opinion , the condition of the blacks would be worse than slavery . That may seem an extravagant expression , but I have thought of it a good deal . The op- pression they would endure would be worse than ...
... blacks ? Answer . In my candid opinion , the condition of the blacks would be worse than slavery . That may seem an extravagant expression , but I have thought of it a good deal . The op- pression they would endure would be worse than ...
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... blacks ? Answer . Well , the prejudice is pretty strong against the blacks . However , they want black labor , and they hire them readily , pay them their wages , and treat them well . Question . Do you know of any combinations existing ...
... blacks ? Answer . Well , the prejudice is pretty strong against the blacks . However , they want black labor , and they hire them readily , pay them their wages , and treat them well . Question . Do you know of any combinations existing ...
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... black republican party . Question . They did not like that party at all ? Answer . No , sir . Question . How do they feel towards the black republican party now ? Answer . I do not know that they have any very kind feeling towards them ...
... black republican party . Question . They did not like that party at all ? Answer . No , sir . Question . How do they feel towards the black republican party now ? Answer . I do not know that they have any very kind feeling towards them ...
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... blacks ? Answer . I have heard of such only through the papers . Question . Do you know of any combinations among the secessionists to keep down the wages to be paid the blacks for their labor ? Answer . There was a meeting held some ...
... blacks ? Answer . I have heard of such only through the papers . Question . Do you know of any combinations among the secessionists to keep down the wages to be paid the blacks for their labor ? Answer . There was a meeting held some ...
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Página 80 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Página 184 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Página 6 - 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.
Página 82 - The powers of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to- wit : Those which are legislative, to one ; those which are executive, to another ; and those which are judicial, to another.
Página 85 - Each of the officers in this article named, excepting the Speaker of the Assembly, shall, at stated times during his continuance in office, receive for his services a compensation which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he receive to his use any fees or perquisites of office or other compensation.
Página 81 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Página 89 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 81 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Página 86 - In cases of treason he shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to grant reprieves -and pardons, and he may, in the recess of the senate, respite the sentence until the end of the next session of the general assembly.
Página xxiii - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.