| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...Federal Union of the States."* Thus, this great party, in the midst of war, did "explicitly declare," that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, " immediate efforts should be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to a Convention, or... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...Federal Union of the States."* Thus, this great party, in the midst of war, did "explicitly declare," that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, " immediate efforts should be made JOr a cessation of hostilities, with a view to a Convention, or... | |
| 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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