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      Key-Notes of American Liberty

      Comprising the most important speeches, proclamations, and acts of Congress, from the foundation of the government to the present time

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066160678

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       PREFACE.

       DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

       A DECLARATION.

       CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

       AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

       THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

       PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

       THE ORDINANCE OF 1787.

       THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1793.

       THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1850.

       THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

       THE STATES OF THE UNION.

       INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

       WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.

       PRESIDENT JACKSON'S PROCLAMATION,

       MONROE DOCTRINE.

       THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.

       PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.

       UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

       POPULAR NAMES OF STATES.

       BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION.

       NEUTRALITY LAW OF THE UNITED STATES,

       POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

       SPEECH OF HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

       PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS.

       RESOLUTIONS OF THE N.Y. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

       A PROCLAMATION,

       THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.

       THE CONFISCATION ACT.

       FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

       THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE GOVERNMENT,

       PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S SECOND AND LAST INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

       PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY.

       PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.

       A PEACE PROCLAMATION.

       CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

       FREEDMEN'S BUREAU BILL,

       PROVOST MARSHAL-GENERAL'S REPORT.

       HISTORY OF THE FLAG.

PREFACE.

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      This book appeals to the patriotic sentiments of all classes of readers. In its pages will be found those words of burning eloquence which lighted the fires of the American Revolution, stirring the hearts of our fathers to do battle for our independence; the words of wisdom which brought our ship of state safely through the storms of strife into the calms of peace, and all of the most important speeches and proclamations of our statesmen which guided our country during critical periods of our political life. It is a book of our country as a whole; all must read it with emotions of gratitude and pride at the grandeur and stability of our institutions as exemplified by the eloquent words of the statesmen and leading spirits of the great Republic.

      First in its pages, appropriately, will be found the "Declaration of Independence," the great corner stone of American liberty; and as a fitting close, one of our most distinguished historians has furnished a "History of the Flag,"—the Flag of the Union, the sacred emblem around which are clustered the memories of the thousands of heroes who have struggled to sustain it untarnished against both foreign and domestic foes. To the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address—truly "Key Notes to American Liberty"—have been added many important proclamations and congressional acts of a later day, namely: President Jackson's famous Nullification Proclamation to South Carolina, The Monroe Doctrine, Dred Scott Decision, Neutrality