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... once or twice before , but it was then that its for- mal organization was begun . On that day Governor Gist , of South Carolina , wrote a confidential circular letter , which he despatched by the hand of a special messenger , to the ...
... once or twice before , but it was then that its for- mal organization was begun . On that day Governor Gist , of South Carolina , wrote a confidential circular letter , which he despatched by the hand of a special messenger , to the ...
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... once adjourned to Charleston . That body was , like the Legislature , the immediate outgrowth of the cur- rent conspiracy , and doubtless counted many of the conspira- tors among its members . It therefore needed no time to make up its ...
... once adjourned to Charleston . That body was , like the Legislature , the immediate outgrowth of the cur- rent conspiracy , and doubtless counted many of the conspira- tors among its members . It therefore needed no time to make up its ...
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... once pass an act of secession ; Stephens and other conservatives opposed this course . " The Legislature were not elected for such a purpose , " said he . They came here to do their duty as legislators . They have sworn to support the ...
... once pass an act of secession ; Stephens and other conservatives opposed this course . " The Legislature were not elected for such a purpose , " said he . They came here to do their duty as legislators . They have sworn to support the ...
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John George Nicolay. the experiment of change ; for liberty , once lost , might never be restored . These were words of sober wisdom , and , fear- lessly adhered to by a few firm men , they might have para- lyzed the revolt . Yet in the ...
John George Nicolay. the experiment of change ; for liberty , once lost , might never be restored . These were words of sober wisdom , and , fear- lessly adhered to by a few firm men , they might have para- lyzed the revolt . Yet in the ...
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... once lost . Nevertheless , Buchanan had a dim consciousness of treachery . tinued to plead with his secretary that he ought to send re- inforcements ; warning him that a loss of the forts under the circumstances would cover the name of ...
... once lost . Nevertheless , Buchanan had a dim consciousness of treachery . tinued to plead with his secretary that he ought to send re- inforcements ; warning him that a loss of the forts under the circumstances would cover the name of ...
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advance already Anderson April arms arrived attack authority Baltimore battle Beauregard became Blackburn's Ford brigade Buchanan Bull Run Cabinet camp campaign capture Castle Pinckney Centreville Charleston Colonel command Confederate Congress conspiracy conspirators convention Cotton defence detachment election enemy evacuation favorable Federal fire flag Floyd force Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter forts garrison Government Governor guns harbor Harper's Ferry hill insurrection Jefferson Davis Johnston July Kentucky Legislature loyal Lyon Manassas Maryland McClellan McDowell McDowell's ments miles military militia Mississippi Missouri morning Moultrie mountain movement night North o'clock officers Ohio once ordinance Ordinance of Secession organization Patterson Pickens political Potomac President Lincoln proclamation railroad rebellion regiments reinforcements reports retreat Richmond River Scott secede secession Secretary sent slave slavery South Carolina Southern stone bridge Sudley road Sumter thousand tion treason troops Union army Unionists United volunteers Warrenton turnpike Washington West Virginia Winchester Young's Branch
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Page 5 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 50 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 78 - And I hereby proclaim and declare that if any person, under the pretended authority of the said States, or under any other pretense, shall molest a vessel of the United States, or the persons or cargo on board of her, such person will be held amenable to the laws of the United States for the prevention and punishment of piracy.
Page 42 - Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away.
Page 49 - 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 74 - ... and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.
Page 43 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slaverj' — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
Page 49 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 61 - ... evacuate Fort Sumter by noon on the 15th instant, and that I will not in the mean time open my fires upon your forces unless compelled to do so by some hostile act against this fort or the flag of my Government by the forces under your command, or by some portion of them, or by the perpetration of some act showing a hostile intention on your part against this fort or the flag it bears, should I not receive prior to that time controlling instructions from my Government or additional supplies.
Page 49 - 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.