 | Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 Seiten
...To insure justice to the freedmen in all courts, they defined citizens of the United States to be " all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power ; " and provided that all citizens should be equal in all courts. 5. To break up the hold of the aristocracy... | |
 | British and foreign freed-men's aid society - 1866 - 586 Seiten
...Johnson endeavoured to perpctrate upon freedom by his presidential vcto. " Be it Unacted, t'c., That all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and snch citizens... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar, Simon Stern, James K. Hamilton Willcox - 1866 - 474 Seiten
...To insure justice to the freedmen in all courts, they denned citizens of the United States to be " all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power ; " and provided that all citizens should be equal in all courts. 5. To break up the hold of the aristocracy... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1866 - 852 Seiten
...be declared unconstitutional by courts of competent jurisdiction. By that act it is enacted " that all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States ; and such citizens,... | |
 | Lillian Foster - 1866 - 322 Seiten
...in which it originated) with my objections to its becoming a law. By the first section of the bill, all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States. This provision comprehends... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1866 - 164 Seiten
...in which it originated, with my objections to its becoming a law. By the first section of the bill all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared ,to be citizens of the United States. This provision comprehends... | |
 | 1867 - 826 Seiten
...iu the eyes of God. " To accomplish this great purpose, the bill declares, in the first place, that all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, are citizens of the United States. Now, I do not regard that as the enunciation of any new principle.... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1867 - 614 Seiten
...vindication.' This Bill was clear and decisive in its principles, and comprehensive in their application. All persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, were declared citizens, having common and equal rights before the law, and having a complete remedy... | |
 | William Horatio Barnes - 1868 - 684 Seiten
...Maryland, with thirty others, voted in the affirmative. So we have his high authority for saying that all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign Power, are citizens of the United States, exactly as it appears in this bill." " Mr. Yates, of Illinois, remarked... | |
 | James M. Hiatt - 1868 - 438 Seiten
...States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication. Be it enacted, $c., That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians, not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens... | |
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That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States... 
