 American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every...  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - 524 psl.1889Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | David Golightly Harris - 1990 - 597 psl.
...Vallandigham returned from Canada to rally the peace forces, and the Democratic party platform demanded: "After four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . [we] demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an... | |
 | Joseph M. Bessette - 1997 - 289 psl.
...for the presidency in August, sought to gain political advantage by adopting a platform that decried "four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war" and called for an immediate "cessation of hostilities." About the same time Lincoln, who had received... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - 1998 - 608 psl.
...equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern. Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded... | |
 | Chester G. Hearn - 2000 - 259 psl.
...B. McClellan, who pronounced the war a failure and promised to end it. The Democratic platform read "that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a... | |
 | Russell Frank Weigley - 2000 - 612 psl.
...1864 campaigns. The Democratic platform was built upon the assertion that Lincoln's record was one of "four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war." The remedy, said the Democrats, was a cessation of hostilities "to the end that at the earliest possible... | |
 | David E. Spencer - 1996 - 170 psl.
...it. The Democratic presidential platform, agreed on 29 August 1864, declared that "under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than...Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part." On 10 March 1863, the British envoy reported: The appropriation bills have sanctioned military... | |
 | Eugene C. Tidball - 2002 - 564 psl.
...popular senior officer.16 To the North the war seemed to be at a stalemate. The Democratic party bewailed "four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war" and called for a "cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of the states." Lincoln... | |
 | Prescott Holmes - 1899 - 285 psl.
...The Democratic platform carried this resolution, which sufficiently explains its attitude: Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 776 psl.
...resolution of unswerving fidelity to the Union, which was followed by another containing the expression "that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war," during which public liberty and private right had been trodden down and the Constitution disregarded in every part,... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 916 psl.
...contemplates surrender and abasement." Pressed upon the party by the peace contingent, the platform declared that "after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war," the time had come to "demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities." Strong... | |
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