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... - plicit declaration on the subject , that would have put it beyond the possibility of dispute , and re moved it from even the plausibility of party controversy ! " The Constitution formed by this Convention , although singularly defi-
... - plicit declaration on the subject , that would have put it beyond the possibility of dispute , and re moved it from even the plausibility of party controversy ! " The Constitution formed by this Convention , although singularly defi-
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... moved to the Capitol in a hollow square of cavalry ; and from the East portico delivered his inaugural address with a row of bayonets standing between him and his audience . The address was such an attempt at ambidexterity as might be ...
... moved to the Capitol in a hollow square of cavalry ; and from the East portico delivered his inaugural address with a row of bayonets standing between him and his audience . The address was such an attempt at ambidexterity as might be ...
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... moved off ; and as it passed from the depot a dozen muskets were fired into the crowd , the volley killing a well - known merchant , who was taking no part in the fight , and was standing as a spectator at some distance from the track ...
... moved off ; and as it passed from the depot a dozen muskets were fired into the crowd , the volley killing a well - known merchant , who was taking no part in the fight , and was standing as a spectator at some distance from the track ...
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... moved out from Fortress Monroe in the direction of Great Bethel , a church which stood about nine miles on the road leading south from Hampton . The position here had been entrenched by Gen. J. B. Ma- gruder , who had in his command ...
... moved out from Fortress Monroe in the direction of Great Bethel , a church which stood about nine miles on the road leading south from Hampton . The position here had been entrenched by Gen. J. B. Ma- gruder , who had in his command ...
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... moved up to his support . The joint force was now about five regiments and six field- pieces . That thin line was all that stood between sixteen thousand Fed- erals and victory . It is wonderful that this small force of Confederates ...
... moved up to his support . The joint force was now about five regiments and six field- pieces . That thin line was all that stood between sixteen thousand Fed- erals and victory . It is wonderful that this small force of Confederates ...
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The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 35 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 102 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Page 713 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that...
Page 36 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 84 - Nay : we hold, with Jefferson, to the inalienable right of communities to alter or abolish forms of government that have become oppressive or injurious ; and, if the Cotton States shall decide that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace.
Page 83 - 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 109 - Carolina that he might expect an attempt would be made to provision the fort ; and that, if the attempt should not be resisted, there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort.
Page 512 - ... to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the constitution and laws of the land.
Page 359 - 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 713 - By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes, and remain there until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed; and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection.