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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... necessary for any child to read twice to catch its meaning . The chief merit I claim for the work is its strict fidcl- ity to historical facts , which will be recognized by every intelligent and impartial reader as he proceeds . The ...
... necessary for any child to read twice to catch its meaning . The chief merit I claim for the work is its strict fidcl- ity to historical facts , which will be recognized by every intelligent and impartial reader as he proceeds . The ...
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... necessary to save the Union " a good one . -The Richmond Examiner again . - Preston Brooks makes a few Re- marks . Governor Wise proposes to take Washington . — Mr . Botts again warns the People . — The last expiring Effort of Democracy ...
... necessary to save the Union " a good one . -The Richmond Examiner again . - Preston Brooks makes a few Re- marks . Governor Wise proposes to take Washington . — Mr . Botts again warns the People . — The last expiring Effort of Democracy ...
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... necessary to dissolve it . The majority of states which formed the Union must consent to the withdrawal of any one branch of it . Until that consent has been obtained , any attempt to dissolve the Union or obstruct the efficacy of its ...
... necessary to dissolve it . The majority of states which formed the Union must consent to the withdrawal of any one branch of it . Until that consent has been obtained , any attempt to dissolve the Union or obstruct the efficacy of its ...
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... necessary to quote the letter of Mr. Madison to Mr. Hamilton in 1787. The State of New York had proposed to adopt the Constitution , and thereby become a member of the Union , but upon the con- ditions of certain amendments to the ...
... necessary to quote the letter of Mr. Madison to Mr. Hamilton in 1787. The State of New York had proposed to adopt the Constitution , and thereby become a member of the Union , but upon the con- ditions of certain amendments to the ...
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... necessary to any change in its political condition , and has placed this important power in the hands of three fourths of the States , in which the sovereignty of the Union , under the Constitution , does now actually reside . " . . The ...
... necessary to any change in its political condition , and has placed this important power in the hands of three fourths of the States , in which the sovereignty of the Union , under the Constitution , does now actually reside . " . . The ...
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Abolitionists adopted arms army arrest Articles of Confederation authority believe body Botts BOTTS'S Calhoun called citizen civil claim Confederacy Confederate Confederate Congress Congress Constitution Convention Culpepper County declared Democratic party disunion Dutch Republic elected Emancipation Proclamation excitement execution Federal feeling force Fort Sumter friends gentlemen hands havo honor interests issue John labor leaders legislative Legislature letter liberty Lincoln loyal loyalty ment military Missouri Compromise nation never North Northern oath offense opinion ordinance of secession pardon patriotic peace political present President proclamation proposition purpose qualifications rebellion reconstruction repeal repudiated resolution restored Richmond secessionists Senate slave slavery South Carolina Southern Democracy sovereignty speech stand Sumter territory test-oath Texas thing thousand tion traitors treason Union United Virginia vote Washington Whig Whig party whole Wilmot Proviso
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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...