The Reviewers Reviewed: A Supplement to the "War Between the States," Etc., with an Appendix in Review of "Reconstruction," So CalledD. Appleton, 1872 - 273 páginas |
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REVIEWERS REVIEWED A SUPPLEMEN Alexander Hamilton 1812-1883 Stephens Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 94 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.
Página 24 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them...
Página 200 - The first question that presents itself is, Shall the people of the South secede from the Union in consequence of the election of Mr. Lincoln -to the Presidency of the United States ? My countrymen, I tell you frankly, candidly, and earnestly, that I do not think that they ought.
Página 139 - Government that have become oppressive or injurious ; and, if the Cotton States shall decide that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace. The right to secede may be a revolutionary one, but it exists nevertheless ; and we do not see how one party can have a right to do what another party has a right to prevent.
Página 86 - How absurd it is to suppose that, when different parties enter into a compact for certain purposes, either can disregard any one provision and expect, nevertheless, the other to observe the rest.
Página 86 - No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered upon claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Página 58 - Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created : and its powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for claiming any thing beyond them. Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should be promptly and firmly opposed. For one evil example will lead to other measures still more mischievous ; and if the principle of constructive powers, or supposed advantages, or temporary circumstances, shall ever be permitted to justify...