History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United-States Congresses, 1861-64 |
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... asking for the yeas and nays . In my opin- ion , the amendment will be one of a series which will amount , before we are done with it , if , unhappily , we have no settlement or adjustment soon , to a gen- eral confiscation of all ...
... asking for the yeas and nays . In my opin- ion , the amendment will be one of a series which will amount , before we are done with it , if , unhappily , we have no settlement or adjustment soon , to a gen- eral confiscation of all ...
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... asked , " said Mr. Diven ( Rep . ) of New York , " What would you do with negroes taken in actual arms against the country ? What would you do with negroes found employed in building ships - of - war , fighting battles against the ...
... asked , " said Mr. Diven ( Rep . ) of New York , " What would you do with negroes taken in actual arms against the country ? What would you do with negroes found employed in building ships - of - war , fighting battles against the ...
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... asked Mr. Stevens , " that if we are justified in taking property from the enemy in war , when you have rescued an oppressed people from the oppression of that enemy , by what principle of the law of nations , by what principle of ...
... asked Mr. Stevens , " that if we are justified in taking property from the enemy in war , when you have rescued an oppressed people from the oppression of that enemy , by what principle of the law of nations , by what principle of ...
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... asked Mr. Holman to withdraw the motion to lay on the table , to enable him to move to postpone the bill until December next . The question was taken on Mr. Holman's motion , and lost , - yeas 47 , nays 66. The question recurring on the ...
... asked Mr. Holman to withdraw the motion to lay on the table , to enable him to move to postpone the bill until December next . The question was taken on Mr. Holman's motion , and lost , - yeas 47 , nays 66. The question recurring on the ...
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... asked for its immediate consideration , a resolution , " That the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia be di- rected to consider the expediency of providing , by addi- tional legislation , that our national armies shall not be ...
... asked for its immediate consideration , a resolution , " That the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia be di- rected to consider the expediency of providing , by addi- tional legislation , that our national armies shall not be ...
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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.