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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... Wilkes County , Georgia , on the 2d of July , 1810. His early education was ... captain . On his return home he was elected to the Legislature , and ... Charles Gustavus Memminger was born in Wurtemburg , Germany , on the 7th of January ...
... Wilkes County , Georgia , on the 2d of July , 1810. His early education was ... captain . On his return home he was elected to the Legislature , and ... Charles Gustavus Memminger was born in Wurtemburg , Germany , on the 7th of January ...
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... John Slidell , of Louisiana ; Mrs. Slidell ; Miss Mathilde Slidell ; Miss Ro ... Captain - General of Cuba - until the 7th of November , when they embarked ... Wilkes had assumed command of the San Ja- cinto at Fernando Po , where he ...
... John Slidell , of Louisiana ; Mrs. Slidell ; Miss Mathilde Slidell ; Miss Ro ... Captain - General of Cuba - until the 7th of November , when they embarked ... Wilkes had assumed command of the San Ja- cinto at Fernando Po , where he ...
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... Captain Wilkes determined at once to intercept the The- odora on her return to Charleston , and accordingly , having taken on board hur- riedly a sufficient quantity of coal for a short cruise , left Cienfuegos on the 26th of October ...
... Captain Wilkes determined at once to intercept the The- odora on her return to Charleston , and accordingly , having taken on board hur- riedly a sufficient quantity of coal for a short cruise , left Cienfuegos on the 26th of October ...
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... Captain Wilkes now hailed her , and saying he would send a boat , ordered Lieutenant Fair- fax to board her . The Lieutenant ac- cordingly went in the second cutter , while the third cutter remained alongside of the San Jacinto in ...
... Captain Wilkes now hailed her , and saying he would send a boat , ordered Lieutenant Fair- fax to board her . The Lieutenant ac- cordingly went in the second cutter , while the third cutter remained alongside of the San Jacinto in ...
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... Lieutenant Greer , came alongside ( only two armed boats being used ) . He brought in the third cutter eight marines ... Captain Wilkes there , and in accordance with their in- structions he immediately sailed for Bos- ton , where the ...
... Lieutenant Greer , came alongside ( only two armed boats being used ) . He brought in the third cutter eight marines ... Captain Wilkes there , and in accordance with their in- structions he immediately sailed for Bos- ton , where the ...
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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.