History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United-States Congresses, 1861-64 |
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... ARMY . Surrender of Slaves coming within the Lines of the Union Armies . Mr. Lovejoy's Resolution . Notice of a Bill by Mr. Wilson . Mr. Lovejoy's Bill . Mr. Sumner's Resolution . Mr. Cowan's Speech . Resolution of Mr. Wilson of Iowa ...
... ARMY . Surrender of Slaves coming within the Lines of the Union Armies . Mr. Lovejoy's Resolution . Notice of a Bill by Mr. Wilson . Mr. Lovejoy's Bill . Mr. Sumner's Resolution . Mr. Cowan's Speech . Resolution of Mr. Wilson of Iowa ...
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... Army Appropriation Bill . Mr. Stevens's Amendment . Remarks of Mr. Holman . Mr. Price . Mr. Holman's Amendment . Conference Committees . Report accepted . pp . 293-312 . · Mr. Mr. CHAPTER XVI . TO MAKE FREE THE WIVES AND CHILDREN xii ...
... Army Appropriation Bill . Mr. Stevens's Amendment . Remarks of Mr. Holman . Mr. Price . Mr. Holman's Amendment . Conference Committees . Report accepted . pp . 293-312 . · Mr. Mr. CHAPTER XVI . TO MAKE FREE THE WIVES AND CHILDREN xii ...
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... ARMY . - SURRENDER OF SLAVES COMING WITHIN THE LINES OF THE UNION AR- MIES . - MR . LOVEJOY'S RESOLUTION . - NOTICE OF A BILL BY MR . WILSON . MR . LOVEJOY'S BILL . — MR . SUMNER'S RESOLUTION . — MR . COWAN'S SPEECH . -RESOLUTION OF MR ...
... ARMY . - SURRENDER OF SLAVES COMING WITHIN THE LINES OF THE UNION AR- MIES . - MR . LOVEJOY'S RESOLUTION . - NOTICE OF A BILL BY MR . WILSON . MR . LOVEJOY'S BILL . — MR . SUMNER'S RESOLUTION . — MR . COWAN'S SPEECH . -RESOLUTION OF MR ...
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... army for arresting , detaining , or delivering persons claimed as fugitive slaves . Mr. Lovejoy ( Rep . ) of Illinois , on the 4th of December , introduced a bill making it a penal offence for any officer or private of the army or navy ...
... army for arresting , detaining , or delivering persons claimed as fugitive slaves . Mr. Lovejoy ( Rep . ) of Illinois , on the 4th of December , introduced a bill making it a penal offence for any officer or private of the army or navy ...
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... , and uses him as such . Nothing , to my mind , can be simpler . How is he to determine the title to that negro ? Suppose , Mr. Presi- at once . . 20 FUGITIVE SLAVES NOT TO BE RETURNED dent , you BY PERSONS IN THE ARMY . 19.
... , and uses him as such . Nothing , to my mind , can be simpler . How is he to determine the title to that negro ? Suppose , Mr. Presi- at once . . 20 FUGITIVE SLAVES NOT TO BE RETURNED dent , you BY PERSONS IN THE ARMY . 19.
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37th Congress abolition of slavery addressed the Senate adopted army Bingham black code Carlile Clark Collamer colored soldiers confiscation Congress Constitution Crisfield Davis DAVIS'S AMENDMENT declared Delaware demanded the yeas District of Columbia dollars duty Eliot emancipation enacted favor Fernando Wood Fessenden freedmen freedom fugitive slaves gentleman Government Grimes Hayti held to service House Illinois Indiana insert introduced a bill joint resolution Judiciary Committee Kentucky legislation Liberia Lovejoy loyal Maryland Massachusetts master measure ment Missouri Morrill motion moved to amend moved to lay moved to strike nation negro officers Ohio opposed ordered passage passed Pennsylvania Powell President previous question proposed proposition race Rebellion repeal replied Republic Roscoe Conkling Saulsbury Senate service or labor Sherman slaveholding SPEECH Stevens Sumner SUMNER'S AMENDMENT tion Trumbull Union Union armies United vote Wickliffe William Kellogg Wilson Rep yeas and nays
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Page 28 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Page 28 - And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones ; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 28 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, And thine health shall spring forth speedily : And thy righteousness shall go before thee ; The glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; Thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am.
Page 28 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 61 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 14 - That whenever hereafter, during the present insurrection against the Government of the United States, any person claimed to be held to labor or service under the law of any State, shall be required or permitted by the person to whom such labor or service is claimed to be due, or by the lawful agent of such person, to take up arms against the United States, or shall be required or permitted by the person to whom such labor or service is claimed to be due...
Page 28 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 133 - ... and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 164 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive into the service of the United States, for the purpose of constructing intrenchments, or performing camp service, or any other labor, or any military or naval service for which they may be found competent, persons of African descent, and such persons shall be enrolled and organized under such regulations, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws, as the President may prescribe.