A Complete History of the Great American Rebellion: Embracing Its Causes, Events and Consequences, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Its Principal Actors ...Auburn Publishing Company, 1865 - United States |
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... guns . It was not yet fully light , and Major Anderson , wishing to husband the energies of his feeble garrison , gave them time to breakfast , before replying to the assault . The enemy had an excess of men , and were therefore able to ...
... guns . It was not yet fully light , and Major Anderson , wishing to husband the energies of his feeble garrison , gave them time to breakfast , before replying to the assault . The enemy had an excess of men , and were therefore able to ...
Page 166
... guns . The defense , therefore , which the fort was able to make , was comparatively feeble . The enemy , however , were protec- ted by the most complete works which time , money and skill , could erect , within easy range , supplied ...
... guns . The defense , therefore , which the fort was able to make , was comparatively feeble . The enemy , however , were protec- ted by the most complete works which time , money and skill , could erect , within easy range , supplied ...
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... gun was fired , the flag was lowered , the men cheering . At the fiftieth discharge , there was a permature explosion ... guns of the fort . When this feeble force is contrasted with that of the enemy , numbering 7000 men , no other ...
... gun was fired , the flag was lowered , the men cheering . At the fiftieth discharge , there was a permature explosion ... guns of the fort . When this feeble force is contrasted with that of the enemy , numbering 7000 men , no other ...
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... guns en barbette seems just ready to fall , while fragments of mortar , granite , brick and broken shells lie upon water - wasted rocks outside . In only one place was a breach commenced , and this was at the base of the narrow or south ...
... guns en barbette seems just ready to fall , while fragments of mortar , granite , brick and broken shells lie upon water - wasted rocks outside . In only one place was a breach commenced , and this was at the base of the narrow or south ...
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... guns were fired in honor of the event . In Richmond , and other cities of the Border States , the news was received with similar demonstrations . But those who were thus triumphant , little dreamed of the retribution that was to follow ...
... guns were fired in honor of the event . In Richmond , and other cities of the Border States , the news was received with similar demonstrations . But those who were thus triumphant , little dreamed of the retribution that was to follow ...
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Page 39 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 44 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 176 - 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 of any part of the country...
Page 79 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and...
Page 82 - the Constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 27 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 530 - That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.
Page 125 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their...
Page 319 - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or shall be directly proven to have taken active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men.
Page 572 - Now it is insisted that Congress, and not the Executive, is vested with this power. But the Constitution itself is silent as to which, or who, is to exercise the power ; and as the provision was plainly made for a dangerous emergency, it cannot be believed the framers of the instrument intended that, in every case, the danger should run its course, until Congress could be called together; the very assembling of which might be prevented, as was intended in this case, by the rebellion.