Reports of the Select Committee of Five, on the Following Subjects, Volume 5 |
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... ment impossible . The committee therefore adopt the language of President Buchanan , in his last annual message , that " secession is revolution ; it may be justifiable revolution , but it is , nevertheless , revolution . " In the ...
... ment impossible . The committee therefore adopt the language of President Buchanan , in his last annual message , that " secession is revolution ; it may be justifiable revolution , but it is , nevertheless , revolution . " In the ...
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... ment on earth . The committee kept a regular journal , and it is hereby reported to the House . The committee report sundry official communications from the heads of executive departments , and ask that they , with the journal , be ...
... ment on earth . The committee kept a regular journal , and it is hereby reported to the House . The committee report sundry official communications from the heads of executive departments , and ask that they , with the journal , be ...
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... ment of armed men at the gate , demanded the surrender of this navy yard , having previously taken possession of one of the magazines . I surrendered the place and struck my flag at half - past one o'clock p . m . this day , " [ January ...
... ment of armed men at the gate , demanded the surrender of this navy yard , having previously taken possession of one of the magazines . I surrendered the place and struck my flag at half - past one o'clock p . m . this day , " [ January ...
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... ment of any State , it shall be the duty of the President to issue his proclamation commanding obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States , and a restoration , within a limited time , of all forts , arsenals , custom ...
... ment of any State , it shall be the duty of the President to issue his proclamation commanding obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States , and a restoration , within a limited time , of all forts , arsenals , custom ...
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... ment in the third section , by inserting after the words " ship or vessel bound , " the words " with her cargo , or any part thereof , " so that the same will read " if any ship or vessel bound with her cargo , or any part thereof , to ...
... ment in the third section , by inserting after the words " ship or vessel bound , " the words " with her cargo , or any part thereof , " so that the same will read " if any ship or vessel bound with her cargo , or any part thereof , to ...
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12th instant a. m. to-morrow amendment arms ARNOLD ELZEY arsenal authorities of South bill Captain Chairman laid Cochrane committee met pursuant communication Congress Constitution convention copy Crittenden compromise custom-house Dawes December December 29 deem demand duty existing F. C. Humphreys favor February federal government following papers following witness Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter forts harbor of Charleston hereby honor House of Representatives HOWARD ISAAC TOUCEY JAMES BUCHANAN January January 24 JOHN SLIDELL letter Major Anderson members present ment military militia MOUNT VERNON ARSENAL navy yard obedient servant ordinance of secession Ordnance office papers were received person Petition of citizens possession President proposition protection public property pursuant to adjournment question re-enforcements referred reply request respectfully revenue cutter revenue laws Reynolds seceded Secretary Secretary of War seized senators ship or vessel South Carolina Sumter surrender thereof tion Treasury Union United vessel and cargo WILLIAM AIKEN
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Page 15 - 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 37 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 16 - 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 4 - INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Page 38 - that in all cases of insurrection or obstruction to the laws, either of the United States or of any individual State or Territory, where it is lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection or of causing the...
Page 15 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America.
Page 5 - States and the laws made in pursuance thereof are the supreme law of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 19 - I would have done had I entered into a positive and formal agreement with parties capable of contracting, although such an agreement would have been, on my part, from the nature of my official duties, impossible. The world knows that I have never sent any reinforcements to the forts in Charleston Harbor, and I have certainly never authorized any change to be made " in their relative military status.
Page 16 - Carolina, and also for an apportionment of the public debt, and for a division of all other property held by the Government of the United States as agent of the confederated States of which South Carolina was recently a member; and generally to negotiate as to all other measures and arrangements proper to be made and adopted in the existing relation of the parties, and for the continuance of peace and amity between this Commonwealth and the Government at Washington.
Page 20 - Under these circumstances it is clear that Major Anderson acted upon his own responsibility, and without authority, unless, indeed, he had " tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act" on the part of the authorities of South Carolina, which has not yet been alleged.