Southern History of the War, Volume 1C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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... important to the slave interest , but afforded a new develop- ment of the Northern political ideas of consolidation and the absolutism of numerical majorities . The North had acted on the Missouri matter as though the South had no ...
... important to the slave interest , but afforded a new develop- ment of the Northern political ideas of consolidation and the absolutism of numerical majorities . The North had acted on the Missouri matter as though the South had no ...
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... important question of slavery to the people ; he added , that it was never his opinion , however , that , independently of this act , the Convention would be bound to submit any portion of the Constitution to a popu- lar vote , in order ...
... important question of slavery to the people ; he added , that it was never his opinion , however , that , independently of this act , the Convention would be bound to submit any portion of the Constitution to a popu- lar vote , in order ...
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... important era in the history of the times . It gave the eighth State to the Southern Confederacy . The position of Virginia was a commanding one with the other Border States ; she started , by her act of secession , the second important ...
... important era in the history of the times . It gave the eighth State to the Southern Confederacy . The position of Virginia was a commanding one with the other Border States ; she started , by her act of secession , the second important ...
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... important and general events , indicating the increased and rapid preparations , North and South , for war ; the collection of resources , and the policy and spirit in which the gathering contest was to be conducted . Mr. Lincoln had ...
... important and general events , indicating the increased and rapid preparations , North and South , for war ; the collection of resources , and the policy and spirit in which the gathering contest was to be conducted . Mr. Lincoln had ...
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... important portion of North- western Virginia ; but with respect to the courage and dis- cipline of our troops , it had exhibited all that could be desired , and the successful retreat was one of the most remarkable in history . It is ...
... important portion of North- western Virginia ; but with respect to the courage and dis- cipline of our troops , it had exhibited all that could be desired , and the successful retreat was one of the most remarkable in history . It is ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 529 - State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Page 529 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 62 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 529 - ... day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 366 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Contitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired — justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare...
Page 62 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 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 530 - And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States to observe, obey, and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited. And the Executive will in due time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional...
Page 432 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 366 - Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate Convention of all the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 22 - Resolved, that all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.