Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
E.B. TREAT.
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New York.
MACDONALD & STONE, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS, 43 CENTRE STREET, N.Y.
PREFACE.
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 laws, with numerous documents, state papers and statistical matter growing out of the late Rebellion; all of which will be read with new and ever increasing interest. And as long as our Republic endures, these pages will be cherished as the representative of all that is great and good in our country; and will prove incentives to our children to follow in the footsteps of the patriots by whose genius and valor our institutions have been cherished and preserved, and liberty, like water made to run throughout the land free to all.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| Declaration of Independence, | [9] |
| Constitution of the United States, | [18] |
| Amendments to the Constitution, | [39] |
| Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Slavery, | [44] |
| Proposed Amendments of the XXXIXth Congress, | [48] |
| The Ordinance of 1787, | [51] |
| The Fugitive Slave Bill of 1793, | [52] |
| The Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850, | [55] |
| The Missouri Compromise, | [67] |
| The States of the Union, with the Date of their Admission, | [69] |
| Inaugural Address of George Washington, | [70] |
| Washington's Farewell Address, | [77] |
| President Jackson's Proclamation to South Carolina, | [105] |
| Monroe Doctrine, | [144] |
| Dred Scott Decision, | [146] |
| Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States, with the Popular Vote for Each, | [154] |
| Popular Names of States, | [166] |
| Battles of the Revolution, | [167] |
| Neutrality Law of the United States, | [168] |
| Population of the United States, | [176] |
| Slave Population in the U.S. in 1860, | [177] |
| Statistics of Slavery Before the Revolution, | [178] |
| Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas,—His Last Words for the Union, | [179] |
| President Lincoln's First Call For Troops, | [186] |
| Total Number of Troops called into Service during the Rebellion, | [188] |
| Resolutions of the N.Y. Chamber of Commerce, | [189] |
| Blockade Proclamation, by President Lincoln, | [194] |
| Emancipation Proclamation, | [197] |
| Confiscation Act, | [201] |
| First Inaugural Address of President Lincoln, | [204] |
| Balance Sheet of the Government, before and since the War, 1859 and 1865, | [221] |
| President Lincoln's Second and Last Inaugural Address, | [222] |
| President Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty, | [226] |
| President Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation, | [232] |
| President Johnson's Peace Proclamation, | [237] |
| The Civil Rights Bill, | [239] |
| Freedmen's Bureau Bill, | [248] |
| Provost Marshal-General's Report, of the killed and wounded during the Rebellion, | [261] |
| The United States Army, showing the number of men furnished from each State during the Rebellion, | [265] |
| History of the Flag, | [266] |