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... Fort Moultrie , while an ever - increas- The Convention of South Carolina ing force of rebels , as the conspiracy assumed for the State the powers of the gained strength , threatened them on all General Government , taking under its ...
... Fort Moultrie , while an ever - increas- The Convention of South Carolina ing force of rebels , as the conspiracy assumed for the State the powers of the gained strength , threatened them on all General Government , taking under its ...
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... fort , I eight or sixty hours longer , resolved to remove his command to the more secure protection of Fort Sumter , in the harbor . Accordingly , under cover of the night , having spiked his larger guns and burnt the carriages , by the ...
... fort , I eight or sixty hours longer , resolved to remove his command to the more secure protection of Fort Sumter , in the harbor . Accordingly , under cover of the night , having spiked his larger guns and burnt the carriages , by the ...
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... fort to assemble in the area within , around the flag - staff . " The national ensign was attached to the cord , and Major Ander - events of the last twenty - four hours had son , holding the end of the lines in his hands , knelt ...
... fort to assemble in the area within , around the flag - staff . " The national ensign was attached to the cord , and Major Ander - events of the last twenty - four hours had son , holding the end of the lines in his hands , knelt ...
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... Fort Sumter , as a portion of the public property of the United States , against hostile attacks , from whatever quarter they may come , by such means as I may possess for this purpose , I do not perceive how such a defence can be ...
... Fort Sumter , as a portion of the public property of the United States , against hostile attacks , from whatever quarter they may come , by such means as I may possess for this purpose , I do not perceive how such a defence can be ...
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... Fort Moultrie has been recorded in history as a me- morial of Carolina gallantry , Fort Sum- ter will live upon the succeeding page as an imperishable testimony of Carolina faith . By your course , you have proba- bly rendered civil war ...
... Fort Moultrie has been recorded in history as a me- morial of Carolina gallantry , Fort Sum- ter will live upon the succeeding page as an imperishable testimony of Carolina faith . By your course , you have proba- bly rendered civil war ...
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advance ALONZO CHAPPEL arms army artillery attack authority Baltimore battery battle Beauregard brigade Bull Run camp Captain cavalry Centreville Charleston citizens civil Colonel command companies Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution declared defence duty enemy enemy's engaged eral ernment Federal field fire flag force ford FORT HENRY Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Government Governor guard guns HAMPTON ROADS honor hundred infantry Jefferson Davis Kentucky land liberty Lieutenant Lincoln loyal Manassas ment miles military Missouri morning Navy North o'clock officers party passed patriotic peace Pickens political portion position President PRESTONBURG prisoners proclamation protection rear rebel rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road seceding secession Senate sent shot side sion slave slavery soldiers South Carolina Southern Sumter tain Tennessee thousand tion troops Union United vessels Virginia Volunteers Washington wounded yards York Zouaves
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Página 126 - 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...
Página 494 - States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 89 - 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.
Página 89 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 48 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Página 89 - The course here indicated will be followed, unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...
Página 90 - 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 so fearful a mistake? All profess to be content in the Union if all constitutional rights can be maintained.
Página 92 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Página 91 - 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.
Página 34 - 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.