The Tribune Almanac, Volume 2New York Tribune, 1868 |
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... Border Ruffians , amounting to 150 men , who ordered the settlers to strike their tents and leave the territory to return no more . But as the settlers stood to their arms and declined to obey , the Ruffians April 14. - A Missouri mob ...
... Border Ruffians , amounting to 150 men , who ordered the settlers to strike their tents and leave the territory to return no more . But as the settlers stood to their arms and declined to obey , the Ruffians April 14. - A Missouri mob ...
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... Border Ruffians originally returned . July 4. - The Bogus Legislature passes an act removing the seat of government to Shaw- nee Mission , near the Missouri border . Gov. Reeder vetoes it as inconsistent with the or- ganic act ; but it ...
... Border Ruffians originally returned . July 4. - The Bogus Legislature passes an act removing the seat of government to Shaw- nee Mission , near the Missouri border . Gov. Reeder vetoes it as inconsistent with the or- ganic act ; but it ...
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... Border Ruffians array themselves as Kansas Militia . A United States arsenal in Clay County is robbed to supply them ... Border- Ruffian army retire in disgust . December 15. - The Constitution voted upon by the people , with little ...
... Border Ruffians array themselves as Kansas Militia . A United States arsenal in Clay County is robbed to supply them ... Border- Ruffian army retire in disgust . December 15. - The Constitution voted upon by the people , with little ...
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... Ruffians spread over the terri - State immigrants , The banks of the river tory and attempt to drive the Free ... Border Ruffians to small bands of marauders . In fact , the terri- the rescue . tory remains for three months in a state of ...
... Ruffians spread over the terri - State immigrants , The banks of the river tory and attempt to drive the Free ... Border Ruffians to small bands of marauders . In fact , the terri- the rescue . tory remains for three months in a state of ...
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... Border Ruffian army , collected under Atchison and Stringfellow's proclama- tion , begins to assemble at Westport , Mo. August 81. - On the appearance of Lane , Atchison retires , and is followed till he retreats into Missouri , when ...
... Border Ruffian army , collected under Atchison and Stringfellow's proclama- tion , begins to assemble at Westport , Mo. August 81. - On the appearance of Lane , Atchison retires , and is followed till he retreats into Missouri , when ...
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Page 36 - ... and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully...
Page 41 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 31 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 41 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased...
Page 40 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 9 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 30 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 40 - Senate may propose, or concur with, amendments as on other bills. 2. Every bill, which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the President of the United States ; if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections, at large, on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
Page 36 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 31 - ... rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...