The Congressional Globe, Volume 31Blair & Rives, 1861 - Law |
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... persons returned as elected in their respective districts . This official declaration is in the nature of a primary adjudication upon the fact of election , which can only be ratified or reversed by the House . The Clerk is therefore ...
... persons returned as elected in their respective districts . This official declaration is in the nature of a primary adjudication upon the fact of election , which can only be ratified or reversed by the House . The Clerk is therefore ...
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... person or persons have any interest in the contracts thus made and awarded , or obtaining the same , or profits therefrom , except contractors ; that said committee have power to send for persons and papers , to administer oaths and ...
... person or persons have any interest in the contracts thus made and awarded , or obtaining the same , or profits therefrom , except contractors ; that said committee have power to send for persons and papers , to administer oaths and ...
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... persons resident in States that have passed an ordinance of secession , or in States where the executive has refused to furnish military force to sustain the Government at the present crisis of our country , the applicant shall swear ...
... persons resident in States that have passed an ordinance of secession , or in States where the executive has refused to furnish military force to sustain the Government at the present crisis of our country , the applicant shall swear ...
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... persons , houses , papers , and effects , against unreasonable searches and seizures , shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue , but upon probable cause , supported by oath or affir- ination , and particularly describing the ...
... persons , houses , papers , and effects , against unreasonable searches and seizures , shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue , but upon probable cause , supported by oath or affir- ination , and particularly describing the ...
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... person or persons whomsoever , be , and the same are hereby , repealed : Provided , That the provision of this section shall not extend to persons to whom the franking privilege has been granted by name : And provided further , That ...
... person or persons whomsoever , be , and the same are hereby , repealed : Provided , That the provision of this section shall not extend to persons to whom the franking privilege has been granted by name : And provided further , That ...
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Page 1 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 2 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 55 - State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States ; 1 and thereupon all commercial intercourse by and between the same and the citizens thereof and the citizens of the rest of the United States shall cease and be unlawful so long as such condition of hostility shall continue...
Page 57 - Either the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina and the sugar plantations of Louisiana will ultimately be tilled by free labor...
Page 2 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and...
Page 2 - States; a bill providing for the better organization of the military establishment; a bill for the organization of a volunteer militia force, to be called the National Guard of the United States...
Page 55 - State or section, the inhabitants of which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles and for such time, and by such persons as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 129 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States...
Page 1 - ... to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country ; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.
Page 130 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.