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2 titles with subject: Civil rights -- Georgia.

  • Message of His Excellency Joseph E. Brown, to the Extra Session of the Legislature, Convened March [10th], 1864, upon the Currency Act; Secret Sessions of Congress; The Late Conscription Act; The Unconstitutionality of the Act Suspending the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, in Cases of Illegal Arrests Made by the President; The Causes of the War and Manner of Conducting It; And the Terms upon Which Peace Should Be Sought, &c. Georgia. Governor (1857-1865: Brown)


  • Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia, on the 19th Day of March, 1864, Declaring the Late Act of Congress for the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus Unconstitutional; also, Resolutions, passed on the Same Day, Setting Forth the Principles Involved in the Contest with the Lincoln Government, and the Terms upon which Peace Should be Sought. Georgia. General Assembly