The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern Rebellion: From Its Incipient Stages to Its Close. Comprehending, Also, All Important State Papers, Ordinances of Secession, Proclamations, Proceedings of Congress, Official Reports of Commanders, Etc., Etc, Volume 2J.D. Torrey, 1861 |
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... Seceded States . Coercion of the Border States . Virginia's Interest in · Slave Breeding . Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States . The Tyranny Practic- ed in its Adoption by Conven- tions . Votes on its Adoption . Condition ...
... Seceded States . Coercion of the Border States . Virginia's Interest in · Slave Breeding . Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States . The Tyranny Practic- ed in its Adoption by Conven- tions . Votes on its Adoption . Condition ...
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... Seceded States , are returned unpaid . Over five hundred thousand dollars in gold belonging to the United States was ... Seceding States into submission or subjugation ; and that , should such acts be passed by Congress , Missouri's ...
... Seceded States , are returned unpaid . Over five hundred thousand dollars in gold belonging to the United States was ... Seceding States into submission or subjugation ; and that , should such acts be passed by Congress , Missouri's ...
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... Seceded States too powerful for suppression by the ordinary courts and marshals , and therefore calls out the militia , to the number of seventy - five thousand , to cause the laws to be duly respected . The procia- mation also convenes ...
... Seceded States too powerful for suppression by the ordinary courts and marshals , and therefore calls out the militia , to the number of seventy - five thousand , to cause the laws to be duly respected . The procia- mation also convenes ...
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... secede ' rather than acquiesce , they make a precedent which in turn will ruin and divide them , for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such a minority . For instance , why may ...
... secede ' rather than acquiesce , they make a precedent which in turn will ruin and divide them , for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such a minority . For instance , why may ...
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... Seceded States are void , and their acts insurrectionary , coupled with the determination to hold , occupy , and possess the Government property , and to collect revenue , is received as an open declaration of war . The as- sertion that ...
... Seceded States are void , and their acts insurrectionary , coupled with the determination to hold , occupy , and possess the Government property , and to collect revenue , is received as an open declaration of war . The as- sertion that ...
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