The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc, Volume 1Virtue & Yorston, 1862 - Slavery |
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Page 140
... shot , for as soon as the first rockets had been sent up to signalize the concentration of the fleet , the enemy had opened fire . The plan agreed upon was to hoist out the small boats and launches , load them with men and stores , and ...
... shot , for as soon as the first rockets had been sent up to signalize the concentration of the fleet , the enemy had opened fire . The plan agreed upon was to hoist out the small boats and launches , load them with men and stores , and ...
Page 142
... shot , and thus shut in the artillerists within an iron - bound and im- penetrable cover . This novel battery was mounted with three columbiads , which bore directly on the southern and weakest side of Fort Sumter . floating hospital ...
... shot , and thus shut in the artillerists within an iron - bound and im- penetrable cover . This novel battery was mounted with three columbiads , which bore directly on the southern and weakest side of Fort Sumter . floating hospital ...
Page 145
... shots from these powerful guns struck against the walls of Fort Sumter with a " terrific crash , " as the defenders de ... shot , the men at that hour being at breakfast , which they ate " leisurely and calmly . " Immediately after ...
... shots from these powerful guns struck against the walls of Fort Sumter with a " terrific crash , " as the defenders de ... shot , the men at that hour being at breakfast , which they ate " leisurely and calmly . " Immediately after ...
Page 146
... shot and shell glancing harmlessly off from its mail of iron . The enemy's fire was constant and effective . Their shells burst in rapid succession against all parts of the fort , scattering the loosened brick and stone in every ...
... shot and shell glancing harmlessly off from its mail of iron . The enemy's fire was constant and effective . Their shells burst in rapid succession against all parts of the fort , scattering the loosened brick and stone in every ...
Page 147
... shot had taken effect in the centre of the floating battery . " The shot of the enemy was particu- larly destructive to the barracks where the officers had their quarters . Most of the brick work was demolished , and the interior , of ...
... shot had taken effect in the centre of the floating battery . " The shot of the enemy was particu- larly destructive to the barracks where the officers had their quarters . Most of the brick work was demolished , and the interior , of ...
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Page 42 - 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 the 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, is hereby dissolved.
Page 109 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 111 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 115 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Constitution unimpaired...
Page 96 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
Page 158 - 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 113 - ... decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions...
Page 112 - Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible ; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 111 - Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from, will you risk the commission of...
Page 42 - AND OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER THE COMPACT ENTITLED "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.