The South in the Building of the Nation: History of the states, ed. by J. A. C. ChandlerJulian Alvin Carroll Chandler, Franklin Lafayette Riley, James Curtis Ballagh, John Bell Henneman, Edwin Mims, Thomas Edward Watson, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, Walter Lynwood Fleming, Joseph Walker McSpadden Southern historical publication society, 1909 - American literature |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres American appointed army Assembly battle Berkeley British called Calvert charter Chesapeake church citizens claim colonel colony command Confederate Congress constitution convention council court declared delegates Democratic early elected England English established Federal force George ginia governor granted Henry History History of Kentucky History of Maryland History of Virginia House House of Burgesses Indians James Jamestown Jefferson John Kent Island Kentucky King labor land large number later legislature London Company Lord Baltimore Lord Dunmore Lords Proprietors March Maryland ment miles military militia negroes North Carolina officers Ohio organized party passed plantation political population President Proprietary province Railroad Raleigh Regiment Republican Revolution Richmond River Roanoke Island schools secession Senate sent session settlement settlers slavery slaves South Southern suffrage territory Thomas tion tobacco trade troops Union United Valley vote Washington West Virginia western William
Popular passages
Page 118 - I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern* States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution, or the Act of 1795 — will not be complied witn. feu have chosen to maugurat, civil war, and having done so, we will meet it in a spirit as determined as the Administration has...
Page 78 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 466 - Resolved, That the delegates for this colony, in the continental congress, be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other colonies in declaring Independence, and forming foreign alliances, reserving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of forming a constitution and laws for this colony...
Page 105 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, righta, and liberties, appertaining to them.
Page 84 - When shall we three meet again ? In thunder, lightning or in rain ? When the hurlyburly's done ; When the battle's lost and won.
Page 117 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 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 105 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous...
Page xxxviii - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation; amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 264 - ... to consider and determine whether it be expedient for, and the will of the good people of the said district that the same be erected into an independent state, on the terms and conditions following: SECT.