...I860, South Carolina, by a convention, declared that " the union then subsisting between herself and other States, under the name of the ' United States of America,' was dissolved " Her example was soon followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas,...

...authority of the Legislature of that State, by a unanimous vote declared ' that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved ; ' and the action already taken in several other Southern States indicates,...

...convention, assembled in Charleston, declared that' the union before existing between South Carolina and other states under the name of the United States of America was dissolved'. By the 1st of February, 1861, through the influence of the press and the devices of a few...

...State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under the name of ' the United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." The fatal plunge was thus taken, and how to avert the untold calamity...

...State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under the name of ' the United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." The fatal plunge was thus taken, and how to avert the untold calamity...

...1860, South Carolina, by a convention, declared that " the union then subsisting between herself and other States, under the name of the ' United States of America,' was dissolved." Her example was soon followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas,...

...Charleston, and after three days of deliberation passed a resolution that the union hitherto existing between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the United States of America, was dissolved. It was a step of fearful importance. The action was contagious. The sentiment of disunion...

...Charleston, and after three days of deliberation passed a resolution that the union hitherto existing between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the United States of America, was dissolved. It was a step of fearful importance. The action was contagious. The sentiment of disunion...

...Charleston, and after three days of deliberation passed a resolution that the union hitherto existing between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the United States of America, was dissolved. It was a step of fearful importance. The action was contagious. The sentiment of disunion...

...met at Charleston, and on the twentieth an ordinance was passed dissolving the Union then existing between South Carolina and the other States under the name of the United States of America. In the debates in the convention, Mr. Parker said the movement was " no spasmodic effort;...