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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Página ix
... tion requisite for intelligent action on the subject . The impropriety of pro- ceeding wholly on the judgment of any one man , however exalted his station , in a matter involving the welfare of the republic in all future time , or of ...
... tion requisite for intelligent action on the subject . The impropriety of pro- ceeding wholly on the judgment of any one man , however exalted his station , in a matter involving the welfare of the republic in all future time , or of ...
Página xi
... tion whether the late Confederate States are still States of this Union , or can ever be otherwise . Granting this profitless abstraction about which so many words have been wasted , it by no means follows that the people of those ...
... tion whether the late Confederate States are still States of this Union , or can ever be otherwise . Granting this profitless abstraction about which so many words have been wasted , it by no means follows that the people of those ...
Página xii
... tion on its face . While thus exposing fallacies which , as your committee believe , are resorted to for the purpose of misleading the people and distracting their attention from the questions at issue , we freely admit that such a ...
... tion on its face . While thus exposing fallacies which , as your committee believe , are resorted to for the purpose of misleading the people and distracting their attention from the questions at issue , we freely admit that such a ...
Página xix
... tion shall have been finally determined . We now propose to re - state , as briefly as possible , the general facts and prin- ciples applicable to all the States recently in rebellion : First . The seats of the senators and ...
... tion shall have been finally determined . We now propose to re - state , as briefly as possible , the general facts and prin- ciples applicable to all the States recently in rebellion : First . The seats of the senators and ...
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... tion of the State ever since . The undersigned respectfully submit that the said government is republican in form as well as in spirit , and they ask that the same be recognized and its perpetuity guaranteed as the true and proper ...
... tion of the State ever since . The undersigned respectfully submit that the said government is republican in form as well as in spirit , and they ask that the same be recognized and its perpetuity guaranteed as the true and proper ...
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Página 89 - The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this State for the support of schools...
Página 82 - This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people; and to guard against any encroachments on the rights herein retained, or any transgression of any of the higher powers herein delegated, we declare that everything in this article is excepted out of the general powers of the government, and shall forever remain inviolate; and that all laws contrary thereto, or to the other provisions herein contained, shall be void.
Página v - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring) : That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
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...
Página 85 - In case of a disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment...
Página 30 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness. For the advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think proper.
Página 77 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Página 83 - Representatives, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest, during the session of the General Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same...
Página 26 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 6 - That all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority...