A Political Manual for 1868: Including a Classified Summary of the Important Executive, Legislative, and Politico- Military Facts of the Period from April 1, 1867 to July 15, 1868 |
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Page 260
... Freed- men and Refugees , and Total Expenditures of the Bureau - Thanks to ex - Secretary Stan- ton - Bills ... Freedmen's Bu- reau - The Electoral College Bill , and Presi- dent Johnson's veto , with the votes on re - pas- sage ...
... Freed- men and Refugees , and Total Expenditures of the Bureau - Thanks to ex - Secretary Stan- ton - Bills ... Freedmen's Bu- reau - The Electoral College Bill , and Presi- dent Johnson's veto , with the votes on re - pas- sage ...
Page 270
... Freedman's Bureau ' bill ; yes , that I was a traitor . And I have been traduced , I have been slan- dered , I have been maligned , I have been called Judas Is- cariot , and all that . Now , my countrymen , here to - night , it is very ...
... Freedman's Bureau ' bill ; yes , that I was a traitor . And I have been traduced , I have been slan- dered , I have been maligned , I have been called Judas Is- cariot , and all that . Now , my countrymen , here to - night , it is very ...
Page 298
... freedmen in Texas , not only as a rule unpunished , but unin- vestigated , constitute practically a state of in- surrection , and believing it to be the province and duty of every good government to afford protection to the lives ...
... freedmen in Texas , not only as a rule unpunished , but unin- vestigated , constitute practically a state of in- surrection , and believing it to be the province and duty of every good government to afford protection to the lives ...
Page 309
... freedmen are doing well . I have the honor to be , very respectfully , your obedient servant , J. G. FOSTER , Bvt . Maj . Gen. U. S. Army , Commanding District . GENERAL : I have the honor to make the fol- Byt . Maj . Gen. GEO . L ...
... freedmen are doing well . I have the honor to be , very respectfully , your obedient servant , J. G. FOSTER , Bvt . Maj . Gen. U. S. Army , Commanding District . GENERAL : I have the honor to make the fol- Byt . Maj . Gen. GEO . L ...
Page 315
... freedmen , against whom much gross injustice had been committed . " A bureau of civil affairs was established , to take charge of all matters pertaining to registration ; and its duties were afterwards extended to include all questions ...
... freedmen , against whom much gross injustice had been committed . " A bureau of civil affairs was established , to take charge of all matters pertaining to registration ; and its duties were afterwards extended to include all questions ...
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Page 327 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 330 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 361 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 343 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States...
Page 382 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 361 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 357 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution...
Page 344 - 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 362 - That the government of a Territory, organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and, during its existence, all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 270 - An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867 ; and, also, to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...