The Life and Public Services of Schuyler Colfax: Together with His Most Important SpeechesUnited States Publishing Company, 1868 - 512 páginas |
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... Republican Convention , and the events which followed the nominations , are given . Copious extracts from the speeches of Mr. Colfax will be found in the body of the book , and a collection of a few of his most important speeches is ...
... Republican Convention , and the events which followed the nominations , are given . Copious extracts from the speeches of Mr. Colfax will be found in the body of the book , and a collection of a few of his most important speeches is ...
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... Republicans Greeley on the " Helper Book . " - The Contest for Speaker a hard Fight - Mr . Colfax's Defence of the Republican Party - Maintains the Right of his Party to elect a Speaker - Manly Assertion of his Independence - Mr . Col ...
... Republicans Greeley on the " Helper Book . " - The Contest for Speaker a hard Fight - Mr . Colfax's Defence of the Republican Party - Maintains the Right of his Party to elect a Speaker - Manly Assertion of his Independence - Mr . Col ...
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... , about 40. The Know Nothings , as will be seen from this estimate , held the balance of power in the contest for Speaker , with which the proceedings of the House opened . Both parties , Republican and Democratic LIERAR 】
... , about 40. The Know Nothings , as will be seen from this estimate , held the balance of power in the contest for Speaker , with which the proceedings of the House opened . Both parties , Republican and Democratic LIERAR 】
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... Republican and Democratic , were anxious to secure the Speakership , inasmuch as the Speaker has the right to ... Republicans were determined to spare no effort . to elect their candidate , and the Dem- ocrats were equally resolved . The ...
... Republican and Democratic , were anxious to secure the Speakership , inasmuch as the Speaker has the right to ... Republicans were determined to spare no effort . to elect their candidate , and the Dem- ocrats were equally resolved . The ...
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... Republicans with a desire to break up the country , a desire to encourage unlawful armed ex- peditions , and concluding with an intimation that the Democrats would to the end oppose the election , as Speaker , of any man who was not ...
... Republicans with a desire to break up the country , a desire to encourage unlawful armed ex- peditions , and concluding with an intimation that the Democrats would to the end oppose the election , as Speaker , of any man who was not ...
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Página 306 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Página 54 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 510 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 53 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 503 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate: if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Página 294 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States...
Página 316 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 155 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have never sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Página 510 - I love and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. I know they can achieve any thing except impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Página 51 - ... shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other Territory of the United States; but that the citizens of the several States or Territories shall be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid, and approved as aforesaid, had never been passed.