The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathIncludes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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... Secession of South Carolina . - Formation of the Rebel Confederacy . - The Objects of Secession . - Secession Movements in Washington . - Debates in Congress . - The Crittenden Resolutions . - Con- ciliatory Action of Congress . - The ...
... Secession of South Carolina . - Formation of the Rebel Confederacy . - The Objects of Secession . - Secession Movements in Washington . - Debates in Congress . - The Crittenden Resolutions . - Con- ciliatory Action of Congress . - The ...
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... SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA . — FORMA- TION OF THE REBEL CONFEDERACY . - THE OBJECTS OF SECESSION . - SE- CESSION MOVEMENTS IN WASHINGTON . - DEBATES IN CONGRESS . - THE CRITTENDEN RESOLUTIONS . - CONCILIATORY ACTION OF CONGRESS . - THE ...
... SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA . — FORMA- TION OF THE REBEL CONFEDERACY . - THE OBJECTS OF SECESSION . - SE- CESSION MOVEMENTS IN WASHINGTON . - DEBATES IN CONGRESS . - THE CRITTENDEN RESOLUTIONS . - CONCILIATORY ACTION OF CONGRESS . - THE ...
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... secession movement . Her legislature assembled on the 4th of November , 1860 , and , after casting the electoral vote of the State for John C. Breckinridge to be President of the United States , passed an act the next day calling a ...
... secession movement . Her legislature assembled on the 4th of November , 1860 , and , after casting the electoral vote of the State for John C. Breckinridge to be President of the United States , passed an act the next day calling a ...
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... secession passed by any State . The debates in the State Convention show clearly enough that it was not taken under the impulse of resentment for any sharp and remediless wrong , nor in apprehension that any such wrong would be ...
... secession passed by any State . The debates in the State Convention show clearly enough that it was not taken under the impulse of resentment for any sharp and remediless wrong , nor in apprehension that any such wrong would be ...
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... secession movement was in the hands of a few conspirators , who had their head - quarters at the national capital , and were themselves closely connected with the Government of the United States . A secret meeting of these men was held ...
... secession movement was in the hands of a few conspirators , who had their head - quarters at the national capital , and were themselves closely connected with the Government of the United States . A secret meeting of these men was held ...
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