On the record
This Government has claimed for all persons not convicted or accused or suspected of crime an absolute political right of self-expatriation and a choice of new national allegiance.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Johnson asserts the political right of self-expatriation for individuals not accused of crimes.
Share
More from Andrew Johnson
Jul 12, 1868
By direction of the President, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Irvin McDowell is assigned to the command of the Department of the East.
Jun 19, 1868
I have been unable to find in the Constitution of the United States any warrant for the exercise of the authority thus claimed by Congress.
Jul 17, 1868
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
May 8, 1868
I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General, prepared in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th December last, requesting information in reference to the seizure and…
Other voices in this conversation
