Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War |
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Page 17
... entire delega- tion from all the slaveholding States to retire from the hall , and to meet in the room of the Committee on the District of Columbia . A large number of them did meet for consultation in the room designated . The meeting ...
... entire delega- tion from all the slaveholding States to retire from the hall , and to meet in the room of the Committee on the District of Columbia . A large number of them did meet for consultation in the room designated . The meeting ...
Page 21
... the first Monday of September , 1857. They proceeded to form a Constitution , and , having finished their work , adjourned on the 7th November . The entire Constitution was not submitted to the popular vote THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 21.
... the first Monday of September , 1857. They proceeded to form a Constitution , and , having finished their work , adjourned on the 7th November . The entire Constitution was not submitted to the popular vote THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 21.
Page 22
... entire result of their labors to a vote of the people ; he ex- plained that , when he instructed Governor Walker , in general terms , in favor of submitting the Constitution to the people , he had no other object in view beyond the all ...
... entire result of their labors to a vote of the people ; he ex- plained that , when he instructed Governor Walker , in general terms , in favor of submitting the Constitution to the people , he had no other object in view beyond the all ...
Page 28
... entire Southern delegation gave warning that they would regard the election of Mr. Sherman , or of any man with his record , as an open declaration of war upon the institutions of the South ; as much so , some of the members declared ...
... entire Southern delegation gave warning that they would regard the election of Mr. Sherman , or of any man with his record , as an open declaration of war upon the institutions of the South ; as much so , some of the members declared ...
Page 29
... entire Dem- ocratic party of the North as unreliable and " rotten . " The State Rights party of the South had co - operated with the Democracy of the North in the Presidential canvass of 1856 , upon the principles of the platform ...
... entire Dem- ocratic party of the North as unreliable and " rotten . " The State Rights party of the South had co - operated with the Democracy of the North in the Presidential canvass of 1856 , upon the principles of the platform ...
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