Speech of Hon. George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts
| Preis: | 10.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Boutwell, George S.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Speech of Hon. George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts: In the Senate of the United States, February 18, 1875, and Remarks on the Civil-Rights Bill, February 26, 1875 The Senate having under consideration the following resolution, reported from the Committee on Privileges and Elections by Mr. Morton on the 8th instant: "Resolved, That P. B. S. Pinchback be admitted as a Senator from the State of Louisiana for the term of six years, beginning on the 4th of March, 1873;" And also the following amendment by Mr. Edmunds: "Strike out all after the word "resolved" and insert: "That the Committee on Privileges and Elections be, and it is hereby, instructed to report forthwith a bill declaring that no constitutional State government now exists in the State of Louisiana, and providing for an election of a governor, lieutenant-governor, and members of the General Assembly for the State of Louisiana and all other State officers which by the constitution of that State are to be elected by vote of the people thereof" - Mr. Boutwell said: Mr. President: It may not be out of place for me to allude to the circumstance that I had not a seat in this Chamber when the proceedings connected with the election of 1872 in Louisiana were first considered by the Senate. But this circumstance may not be an explanation and certainly not an excuse for the fact, which may be reason for regret by me, that on the morning of the 5th of January I was not so furnished with facts and so equipped with faculties, moral and intellectual, that I could at once form an opinion satisfactory even to myself of the events and of the character of the events that occurred in the city of New Orleans the preceding day. Other Senators were more fortunate; and other persons in the country, not having better nor, as far as I know, even different means of information, were also more fortunate; and with singular unanimity they at once pronounced the President of the United States an usurper and the Lieutenant-General of the Army an "instrument of his behests" in the basest usurpation of modern times. We know that these opinions expressed in the Senate and expressed in the country were simultaneous in time and the same in character; but as we cannot assume that these coincidences were the result of prearrangement based upon a knowledge of the plans of those in New Orleans who designed to organize the house of representatives by fraud and force, it appears that they were the result of an indentity of opinion and purpose in the politics and affairs of the country. Therefore these proceedings are just reason for serious thought. The facts were not then known. Even the party complaining had not been heard in full, and the party assailed had not been heard at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
* Preis kann jetzt höher sein. Den aktuellen Stand und Informationen zu den Versandkosten finden sie auf der Homepage unseres Partners.
Folgende Produkte könnten dir ebenso gefallen
