Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 275
... confederacy . He had not only traversed the largest city of the South , but had come to be inaugurated as President in a commu- nity holding slaves and surrounded by a slave - holding country . Abhorring the man who had thus suddenly ...
... confederacy . He had not only traversed the largest city of the South , but had come to be inaugurated as President in a commu- nity holding slaves and surrounded by a slave - holding country . Abhorring the man who had thus suddenly ...
Page 284
... - treasuries and Federal property in general in the Cot- ton States , had been tamely permitted to pass into the hands of the Confederates . CHAPTER XXII . First Forty Days - The Fort Sumter 284 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
... - treasuries and Federal property in general in the Cot- ton States , had been tamely permitted to pass into the hands of the Confederates . CHAPTER XXII . First Forty Days - The Fort Sumter 284 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
Page 286
... Confederate army , pursuant to the recommendation of their " chief , " Jef- ferson Davis . This was their response . The President never imagined , of course , that these persons were at present to be persuaded or restrained by anything ...
... Confederate army , pursuant to the recommendation of their " chief , " Jef- ferson Davis . This was their response . The President never imagined , of course , that these persons were at present to be persuaded or restrained by anything ...
Page 287
... Confederate army , Mr. Forsyth , of Alabama , and Mr. Crawford , of Georgia , presented themselves at the State Department in Washington in the attitude of commis- sioners representing an independent nation de facto and de jure , " and ...
... Confederate army , Mr. Forsyth , of Alabama , and Mr. Crawford , of Georgia , presented themselves at the State Department in Washington in the attitude of commis- sioners representing an independent nation de facto and de jure , " and ...
Page 297
... Confederate executive had deter- mined to " reduce " Fort Sumter without further delay , a committee was sent by the convention to interrogate President Lincoln as to the policy he meant to pursue towards the Confederate States . The ...
... Confederate executive had deter- mined to " reduce " Fort Sumter without further delay , a committee was sent by the convention to interrogate President Lincoln as to the policy he meant to pursue towards the Confederate States . The ...
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