The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Volume 1; Volume 1861D. Appleton and Company, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... March . Some of them withheld their signatures entirely . The sessions of the Convention were conducted wholly in secret , and only such measures were made known to the public as were of such a character as to prevent secrecy . On the ...
... March . Some of them withheld their signatures entirely . The sessions of the Convention were conducted wholly in secret , and only such measures were made known to the public as were of such a character as to prevent secrecy . On the ...
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... March , and took up for approval the Constitution adopted by the Confederate Con- gress . In all the seceding States it was adopted by the State Convention , without being sub- mitted to the people to vote for or against it . The ...
... March , and took up for approval the Constitution adopted by the Confederate Con- gress . In all the seceding States it was adopted by the State Convention , without being sub- mitted to the people to vote for or against it . The ...
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... March , the Austrian emperor , through his Minister of Foreign Affairs , Count Rechberg , protested , in a circular to the nations of Europe , against the adoption of the title of " King of Italy , " by Victor Emanuel . A national ...
... March , the Austrian emperor , through his Minister of Foreign Affairs , Count Rechberg , protested , in a circular to the nations of Europe , against the adoption of the title of " King of Italy , " by Victor Emanuel . A national ...
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... march silently under cover of night to the position of the camp , and to attack and destroy it at day- break , pursue the enemy lodged there as far as would be prudent , and return immediately to the island - his return to be covered by ...
... march silently under cover of night to the position of the camp , and to attack and destroy it at day- break , pursue the enemy lodged there as far as would be prudent , and return immediately to the island - his return to be covered by ...
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... march , up President street by every possible means . Stones were thrown in great numbers . At Fawn street two of the soldiers were knocked down by stones and greatly injured . After the cars had been checked and return- ed to the depot ...
... march , up President street by every possible means . Stones were thrown in great numbers . At Fawn street two of the soldiers were knocked down by stones and greatly injured . After the cars had been checked and return- ed to the depot ...
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Page 70 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 188 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Page 420 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Page 178 - United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 405 - 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, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 218 - 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...
Page 159 - States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
Page 159 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be re-appointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Page 338 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained; "That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 414 - American people and to that God who has never forsaken them. Allusion has been made to the interest felt in relation to the policy of the new administration. In this I have received from some a degree of credit for having kept silence, and from others some deprecation.