Speeches of Andrew Johnson, President of the United StatesLittle, Brown,, 1865 - 494 էջ |
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... BILL , delivered in the Senate of the United States , May 20 , 1858 ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND RIGHTFULNESS OF SECESSION , delivered in the Senate , De- cember 18 and 19 , 1860 1 12 • · 77 · ON THE STATE OF THE UNION , delivered in ...
... BILL , delivered in the Senate of the United States , May 20 , 1858 ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND RIGHTFULNESS OF SECESSION , delivered in the Senate , De- cember 18 and 19 , 1860 1 12 • · 77 · ON THE STATE OF THE UNION , delivered in ...
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... Bill , and exerted his influence for the spread of popular education . Under his successive régimes , much was accomplished for the benefit and internal improvement of Tennessee , and the sons of toil still found in him a zealous ...
... Bill , and exerted his influence for the spread of popular education . Under his successive régimes , much was accomplished for the benefit and internal improvement of Tennessee , and the sons of toil still found in him a zealous ...
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... bills , or acts requiring the expenditure of the public funds . He opposed the Smithsonian Institute , on the ground that it would be a burden on the public treas- ury , without commensurate good results ; voted against all direct ...
... bills , or acts requiring the expenditure of the public funds . He opposed the Smithsonian Institute , on the ground that it would be a burden on the public treas- ury , without commensurate good results ; voted against all direct ...
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... bill for funeral expenses of a distinguished member of the House ; denied the right of members to vote them- selves books , & c . , saying they " might just as well vote to increase their salaries " ; — and refused his assent to the ...
... bill for funeral expenses of a distinguished member of the House ; denied the right of members to vote them- selves books , & c . , saying they " might just as well vote to increase their salaries " ; — and refused his assent to the ...
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Andrew Johnson. debated it at great length , but the bill , as passed , was vetoed by Mr. Buchanan . Believing that the burdens of the Government should be borne by the rich and not by the poor , he proposed an amendment to the tariff bill ...
Andrew Johnson. debated it at great length , but the bill , as passed , was vetoed by Mr. Buchanan . Believing that the burdens of the Government should be borne by the rich and not by the poor , he proposed an amendment to the tariff bill ...
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Էջ 348 - 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 ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Էջ 346 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Էջ 60 - The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high ; who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth...
Էջ 51 - Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
Էջ 109 - The Constitution of the United States then forms a government, not a league, and whether it be formed by compact between the states, or in any other manner, its character is the same.
Էջ 182 - II. In the cession of territory and dominion made by the preceding article are included the right of property in all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices which are not private individual property.
Էջ 181 - THE President of the United States of America and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people...
Էջ 65 - In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life.
Էջ 181 - The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the...
Էջ 108 - ... citizens of the United States, contrary to the laws of their country, subversive of its Constitution, and having for its object the destruction of the Union ; that Union which, coeval with our political existence, led our fathers, without any other ties to unite them than those of patriotism and a common cause, through a sanguinary struggle to a glorious independence ; that sacred Union, hitherto inviolate, which, perfected by our happy Constitution, has brought us by the favor of Heaven to a...