National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval: Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents, Volume 1Johnson, Fry, 1861 Volume 1. Chapter i-xxix (618 pages) -- Volume 3. Chapter lxxx-cxv (642 pages). |
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... principles may be deduced , for preserving the future tranquility of the commonwealth . " It is in the calm , im- partial spirit of this remark that we would proceed to narrate , simply and clearly as we may , the development of the ...
... principles may be deduced , for preserving the future tranquility of the commonwealth . " It is in the calm , im- partial spirit of this remark that we would proceed to narrate , simply and clearly as we may , the development of the ...
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... principles to the regula- tion of our political affairs on this con- tinent , we find them already recognized in ... principle of all combi- nations in society whatever , is that men must regulate their differences by adjust- ment and ...
... principles to the regula- tion of our political affairs on this con- tinent , we find them already recognized in ... principle of all combi- nations in society whatever , is that men must regulate their differences by adjust- ment and ...
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... principles , which make men to be of one mind in a house . ' A government , " says he , " retains its sway over a great number of citizens , far less by the volun- tary and rational consent of the multi- ELEMENTS OF UNION . 11 tude ...
... principles , which make men to be of one mind in a house . ' A government , " says he , " retains its sway over a great number of citizens , far less by the volun- tary and rational consent of the multi- ELEMENTS OF UNION . 11 tude ...
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... principle . The tariff portioning representation and taxation on acts were declared null and void , and the basis of the white population , limiting any attempt of the United States to en- the powers of Congress with reference to force ...
... principle . The tariff portioning representation and taxation on acts were declared null and void , and the basis of the white population , limiting any attempt of the United States to en- the powers of Congress with reference to force ...
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... principles of the Missouri source of the political agitations which Compromise , re - opened once more the placed Mr. Lincoln in the Presidency in whole fatal strife . The debate was trans- 1860. A war undertaken for the exten- ferred ...
... principles of the Missouri source of the political agitations which Compromise , re - opened once more the placed Mr. Lincoln in the Presidency in whole fatal strife . The debate was trans- 1860. A war undertaken for the exten- ferred ...
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advance arms army artillery attack authority battery battle Beauregard brigade Bull Run called camp Captain capture cavalry Centreville Charleston citizens Colonel command companies Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution declared defence duty election enemy enemy's engaged eral ernment federacy Federal field fire flag force Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fremont Government Governor guard guns honor House hundred infantry Jefferson Davis Kentucky killed liberty Lieutenant Lincoln loyal Manassas mand Maryland ment miles military Missouri morning Navy North o'clock officers party passed patriotic peace Pickens political portion position present President President Lincoln prisoners proclamation protection rear rebel rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road seceding secession Senate sent shot side 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 23 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 23 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Página 123 - Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Página 34 - Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Página 87 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 4 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock...
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 88 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up,
Página 84 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis ? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say, / would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.