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" American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every... "
The Political History of the United States of America, During the Period of ... - Page 363
by Edward McPherson - 1871 - 652 pages
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Sermons on Recent National Victories, and the National Sorrow: Preached ...

Edward Payson Powell - History - 1865 - 28 pages
...Convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, (it can't mean the common sense,) that after four years of failure, to restore the Union...by the experiment of war ! during which under the pretense of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...disregarded in every part, and public liberty and privateright alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice,...
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Southern History of the War: The Last Year of the War

Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 398 pages
...chosen by the respective delegations. The two most important resolutions were as follows : " Resolced, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the •Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part,...
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A Political Manual for 1866: Including a Classified Summary of the Important ...

Edward McPherson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1866 - 164 pages
...equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both northern and southern. Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the...which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Contitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part,...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...Vallaudigham." The second resolution in the platform of the Chicago Convention was in these words : " Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...Vallaudiu:ham." The second resolution in the platform of the Chicago Convention was in these words : " Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded...
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The Rebellion Register: A History of the Principal Persons and Places ...

Robert Allen Campbell - United States - 1866 - 390 pages
...equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern. Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has...
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THE AMERICAN CONFLICT: A HSTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION

HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern. " Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of American people, that after /o8r years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of military necessity, or war power, higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...
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Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery

George Sewall Boutwell - History - 1867 - 636 pages
...return." I hope gentlemen who favor free speech will listen attentively to this resolution: — "Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare as the...by the experiment of war, — during which, under pretence of military necessity, or war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution has been...
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