The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous FailureA personal memoir and observations of the politics and overall secession by the Confederacy leading up to and during the U.S. Civil War. |
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... honor , who could be- lieve they were all invaded and endangered by a gov- ernment that they had been educated to look upon as their natural and constitutional protector ; and all this was whispered and hissed into their ears by ...
... honor , who could be- lieve they were all invaded and endangered by a gov- ernment that they had been educated to look upon as their natural and constitutional protector ; and all this was whispered and hissed into their ears by ...
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... honor , and the crowning glory of originating a measure for the practical destruction of this government , and for the annihilation of the liberties of man- kind , were reserved for a disappointed aspirant for the Presidency , who ...
... honor , and the crowning glory of originating a measure for the practical destruction of this government , and for the annihilation of the liberties of man- kind , were reserved for a disappointed aspirant for the Presidency , who ...
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... honor . Tell them that , compared to disun- ion , all other evils are light , because that brings with it an accumulation of ills . Declare that you will never take the field unless the star - spangled banner of your country shall float ...
... honor . Tell them that , compared to disun- ion , all other evils are light , because that brings with it an accumulation of ills . Declare that you will never take the field unless the star - spangled banner of your country shall float ...
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... a sincere desire for peace on terms consistent with our honor and the permanent security of our rights , and an earnest aspiration to see the world once more restored to the beneficent pursuits of industry and 50 THE GREAT REBELLION .
... a sincere desire for peace on terms consistent with our honor and the permanent security of our rights , and an earnest aspiration to see the world once more restored to the beneficent pursuits of industry and 50 THE GREAT REBELLION .
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... honor of my own state . . . . The example would inflict a mortal wound on the Constitution . The government would be thenceforward virtually dissolved , and wo should inevitably fall backward into anarchy and confusion of the Articles ...
... honor of my own state . . . . The example would inflict a mortal wound on the Constitution . The government would be thenceforward virtually dissolved , and wo should inevitably fall backward into anarchy and confusion of the Articles ...
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Page 392 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 180 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 108 - Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Page 180 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend ; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 325 - ... the best and freest Government — the most equal in its rights, the most just in its decisions, the most lenient in its measures, and the most aspiring in its principles to elevate the race of men, that the sun of heaven ever shone upon.
Page 187 - Territories where the same is established or recognized ; nor the power to prohibit the removal or transportation of persons held to labor, or involuntary service in any State or Territory of the United States...
Page 34 - Their object is disunion: but be not deceived by names; disunion, by armed force, is TREASON. Are you really ready to incur its guilt ? If you are, on the heads of the instigators of the act be the dreadful consequences; on their heads be the dishonor, but on yours may fall the punishment. On your unhappy State will inevitably fall all the evils of the conflict you force upon the government of your country.
Page 397 - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men.
Page 398 - The resolution, in the language above quoted, was adopted by large majorities in both branches of Congress, and now stands an authentic, definite, and solemn proposal of the nation to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject matter.
Page 150 - Congress deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then, either by affirming or repealing the Mexican laws, or by an act declaratory of the true intent of the Constitution and the extent of the protection afforded by it to slave property in the territories, so your committee are not prepared...