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Page 6
... Confederation had an indefeasible right to withdraw from the Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and the Southern as in rebellion ...
... Confederation had an indefeasible right to withdraw from the Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and the Southern as in rebellion ...
Page 27
... Confederate States with a more liberal legal policy in dealing with slavery , and , without interference or dictation , advise as friends a modification of its disabilities . There is no indisposition on their part to ameliorate the ...
... Confederate States with a more liberal legal policy in dealing with slavery , and , without interference or dictation , advise as friends a modification of its disabilities . There is no indisposition on their part to ameliorate the ...
Page 50
... Confederacy contain the only cotton - growing region in the world , where more cotton is produced than is consumed in manu- * For almost the whole details of this subject I am indebted to the kindness of J. P. Kettell , Esq . , author ...
... Confederacy contain the only cotton - growing region in the world , where more cotton is produced than is consumed in manu- * For almost the whole details of this subject I am indebted to the kindness of J. P. Kettell , Esq . , author ...
Page 108
... confederacy , absolve her people from the duty of obeying the just and constitutional re- quirements of the central government . Nor can * Ellison , p . 72 . + Ibid . p . 73 . any act of the central government displace the jurisdiction ...
... confederacy , absolve her people from the duty of obeying the just and constitutional re- quirements of the central government . Nor can * Ellison , p . 72 . + Ibid . p . 73 . any act of the central government displace the jurisdiction ...
Page 119
... Confederacy ; and 2. To give a sop to the border States , whose only inducement to retain the institution of slavery ... Confederates , and on Mr. Ellison's own showing : " They went to work quietly and business - like , and in the ...
... Confederacy ; and 2. To give a sop to the border States , whose only inducement to retain the institution of slavery ... Confederates , and on Mr. Ellison's own showing : " They went to work quietly and business - like , and in the ...
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