The Southern States of the American Union Considered in Their Relations to the Constitution of the United States and to the Resulting Union |
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action adopted amendment American appointed Articles of Confederation Assembly asserted authority became body Boston Britain British charter citizens civil claim Colonies commerce committees common compact Connecticut consti Constitution Continental Congress convention Court declared delegates duty England equal ernment established executive existed favor federacy Federal Government Fiske's foreign freedom Georgia Governor granted gress Henry independence Jefferson land legislation Legislature liberty Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Company measures ment military Mississippi necessary negroes North Northern opinion organized party patriotism peace Pennsylvania political President principles purpose R. H. Dana ratification reconstruction represented resistance resolutions Revolutionary Rhode Island says seceding secession sectional secure separate session slavery slaves Solid South South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty Stamp Act stitution Supreme surrender tariff tariff of 1816 taxation taxes territory theory tion trade treaty tution unanimously Union United Virginia vote Washington York