On the record
Political science, perhaps as highly perfected in our own time and country as in any other, has not yet disclosed any means by which civil wars can be absolutely prevented.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Johnson discusses the limitations of political science in preventing civil wars.
Share
More from Andrew Johnson
Jun 22, 1868
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th instant, upon the subject of Messrs. Warren and Costello, who have been convicted and sentenced to penal imprisonment in…
Jun 19, 1868
I herewith transmit to the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded at Fort Sumner, N. Mex., on the 1st instant, between Lieutenant-General W. T. Sherman and Colonel Samuel F. Tappan, on the part of the United…
Apr 17, 1868
I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State on the subject, with its accompanying papers.
Jul 17, 1868
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
Other voices in this conversation
