Secession Resisted |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 12
Page 3
... causes it is entertained on the one side or the other , and we dwell for a moment only on the abstract question . A difference so serious , now fixed with seeming firmness in practical hostility , is con- nected with a broader conflict ...
... causes it is entertained on the one side or the other , and we dwell for a moment only on the abstract question . A difference so serious , now fixed with seeming firmness in practical hostility , is con- nected with a broader conflict ...
Page 4
... cause . In opposition to this doctrine we have first the very words of the Constitution " We the people . " Next , the object of the convention , which was to remedy the evils of Confederation , now revived in the move- ment of ...
... cause . In opposition to this doctrine we have first the very words of the Constitution " We the people . " Next , the object of the convention , which was to remedy the evils of Confederation , now revived in the move- ment of ...
Page 5
... cause of the Union . Our remarks have been made as pre- liminary to certain views beyond the mere fact of secession , and broadly opened by that ill - fated mea- sure . However plain the principle which denies all excuse to what has ...
... cause of the Union . Our remarks have been made as pre- liminary to certain views beyond the mere fact of secession , and broadly opened by that ill - fated mea- sure . However plain the principle which denies all excuse to what has ...
Page 6
... cause and contest in which we are engaged . War is undoubtedly carried on . The general government is engaged in it - actively , at great expense of treasure and life . The part which it is performing is greatly misunderstood . It is ...
... cause and contest in which we are engaged . War is undoubtedly carried on . The general government is engaged in it - actively , at great expense of treasure and life . The part which it is performing is greatly misunderstood . It is ...
Page 13
... cause of hostile action will be found , as nearly as may be , in photo- graph resemblance to the language quoted literally the penitentiary , and keeps his hide continually full of Cincinnati whisky , which he buys by the barrel to save ...
... cause of hostile action will be found , as nearly as may be , in photo- graph resemblance to the language quoted literally the penitentiary , and keeps his hide continually full of Cincinnati whisky , which he buys by the barrel to save ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18th February 607 SANSOM STREET Aaron Burr alleged Arkansas armed rebels arsenals assaults attempt bayonet blockade body of volunteers Buchanan Cairo candidate carried cause ceived Charleston coerce confederate Congress Constitution course of treason court of justice danger December 3d declared denied enemy engaged evil executive power exer expel the United expressed farther favor flagrant Fort Sumter forts habeas corpus honor hostile impute inauguration oath individuals insurrection jugation KING & BAIRD laws Louisiana maintain the supremacy ment militia musket nations necessary defence North note at foot numbers object officer party PHILADELPHIA ports power of suspension Prentiss proceedings proclamation property by force purposes question rebellion or invasion regarded as settled safety may require says seceding Secession flag SECESSION RESISTED Secretary of War Senate slavery South South Carolina Southern sovereign capacity success Sumter suppress suspend the writ thing tions traitors unarmed Union vote wanting writ of habeas wrong
Popular passages
Page 9 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 16 - I am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and appreciate this. It is worthy of note that, while in this the Government's hour of trial large numbers of those in the army and navy who have been favored with the offices have resigned and proved false to the hand which had pampered them, not one common soldier or common sailor is known to have deserted his flag.
Page 8 - Institutions cannot fail to rejoice that, by this timely precaution they have possibly escaped the deep dishonor which they must have suffered had the Capital, like the Forts and Arsenals of the South, fallen into the hands of...
Page 7 - ... portion of the American people. Its history is a history of surprises, and treacheries, and ruthless spoliations. The forts of the United States have been captured and garrisoned, and hostile flags unfurled upon their ramparts. Its arsenals have been seized, and the vast amount of public arms they contained appropriated to the use of the captors, while more than half a million of dollars, found in the mint at New Orleans, has been unscrupulously applied to replenish the coffers of Louisiana.
Page 36 - Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that all persons in any manner indebted to individuals, or corporations, in the United States of America, (except the States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and the District of Columbia,) be and are hereby prohibited from paying the same to their respective creditors, or their agents or assignees, pending the existing war waged by that Government against the Confederate States, or any of the slaveholding States before named. Sec....
Page 7 - for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals," &C., and over these the authority "to exercise exclusive legislation," has been expressly granted by the Constitution to Congress. It is not believed that any attempt will be made to expel the United States from this property by force; but if in this I should prove to be mistaken, the officer in command of the forts has received orders to act strictly on the defensive. In such a contingency the responsibility for consequences would rightfully rest...
Page 12 - Russell describes as a fine-looking gentleman, with a clear liquid blue eye, very agreeable manner, and marked with good taste. It is here inserted in a note at foot, as I am unwilling to give it a place in my text.* * " There is a man now vegetating at Cairo, by name Prentiss, who is in command of the forces at that point. His qualifications for the command of such a squad of villians and cutthroats are : — he is a miserable hound, a dirty dog, a sociable fellow, a treacherous villain, a notorious...
Page 9 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights of established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and...
Page 13 - Secession flag on the river bank, they were pointed to another flag of the same sort, which was flying gloriously and defiantly about two squares distant (and which their guns did not cover,) and defied, yea, double big, black dog dared (as we used to say at school,) to take that flag down. The cowardly pups, the sheep-dogs, the sneaking skunks dare not do so, because those twelve pieces of artillery...
Page 13 - Let him select 150 of his best fighting men, or 250 of the lager beer Dutchmen, and we will select 100 ; then let both parties meet at a given point, where there will be no interruption of the scalping business, and then the longest pole will knock the 'pe:simmon.' If he does not accept this proposal he is a coward. We think the above proposition fair and equal.