The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... denies the right of a State to secede and asserts the rights of the U. S. government to coerce a rebellious state . 1860 Dec. 20. South Carolina Legislature passed the ordinance of 14 OF AMERICAN PROGRESS . 209 FINANCIAL.
... denies the right of a State to secede and asserts the rights of the U. S. government to coerce a rebellious state . 1860 Dec. 20. South Carolina Legislature passed the ordinance of 14 OF AMERICAN PROGRESS . 209 FINANCIAL.
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... secede from the Union . Jan. 21. Jefferson Davis resigned his seat in U. S. Senate . 1862 Jan. 29 . Kansas admitted into the Union . Feb. 1. Texas secedes from the Union . Feb. 4 . gomery . " Southern Confederacy " formed at Mont- Feb ...
... secede from the Union . Jan. 21. Jefferson Davis resigned his seat in U. S. Senate . 1862 Jan. 29 . Kansas admitted into the Union . Feb. 1. Texas secedes from the Union . Feb. 4 . gomery . " Southern Confederacy " formed at Mont- Feb ...
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... seceding from the Union , if any attempt should be made to enforce them . The first actually acknowledges that the law in question was passed under power ex- pressly given by the Constitution , to lay and collect imposts ; but its ...
... seceding from the Union , if any attempt should be made to enforce them . The first actually acknowledges that the law in question was passed under power ex- pressly given by the Constitution , to lay and collect imposts ; but its ...
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... seceding from the Union , if any attempt is made to execute them . This right to secede is deduced from the nature of the Constitution , which they say is a compact between sovereign States , who have preserved their whole sovereignty ...
... seceding from the Union , if any attempt is made to execute them . This right to secede is deduced from the nature of the Constitution , which they say is a compact between sovereign States , who have preserved their whole sovereignty ...
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... secede , because such secession does not break a league , but destroys the unity of a nation , and any injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contra- vention of a compact , but it is an offense against the ...
... secede , because such secession does not break a league , but destroys the unity of a nation , and any injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contra- vention of a compact , but it is an offense against the ...
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