Echoes from the South: Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South During the Late WarThis work contains speeches, addresses, and public records from the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
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... question or subject connected with this life - that concerns a free people so intimately as that of the Government under which they live . We are now , indeed , surrounded by evils . Never since I entered upon the public stage has the ...
... question or subject connected with this life - that concerns a free people so intimately as that of the Government under which they live . We are now , indeed , surrounded by evils . Never since I entered upon the public stage has the ...
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... questions of public policy , is natural . That men should dis- agree upon all matters connected with human inves- tigation , whether relating to science or human conduct , is natural . Hence , in free governments , parties will arise ...
... questions of public policy , is natural . That men should dis- agree upon all matters connected with human inves- tigation , whether relating to science or human conduct , is natural . Hence , in free governments , parties will arise ...
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... question that presents itself is , shall the people of the South secede from the Union in conse- quence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the presi- dency of the United States ? My countrymen , I tell you frankly , candidly , and ...
... question that presents itself is , shall the people of the South secede from the Union in conse- quence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the presi- dency of the United States ? My countrymen , I tell you frankly , candidly , and ...
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... question now is , can they be secured in the Union ? That is what I am counselling with you to - night about . Can it be secured ? In my judg- ment it may be , but it may not be ; but let us do all we can , so that in the future , if ...
... question now is , can they be secured in the Union ? That is what I am counselling with you to - night about . Can it be secured ? In my judg- ment it may be , but it may not be ; but let us do all we can , so that in the future , if ...
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... question was agitating the country almost as fearfully as the slave question now is . In 1832 , when I was in college , South Carolina was ready to nullify or secede from the Union on this account . And what have we seen ? longer ...
... question was agitating the country almost as fearfully as the slave question now is . In 1832 , when I was in college , South Carolina was ready to nullify or secede from the Union on this account . And what have we seen ? longer ...
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Page 49 - Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 58 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 59 - 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 114 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
Page 87 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old 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.
Page 127 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reap126 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. pointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Page 68 - Constitution, are hereby repealed and abrogated; that the union between the State of Virginia and the other States under the Constitution aforesaid is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Virginia is in the full possession and exercise of all the rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Page 127 - President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
Page 76 - Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government and the inalienable rights of the people of the States will prevent...
Page 109 - The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other Federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.