The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin, Volumen1H. Bill, 1863 |
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... West Point , to enable him to discern military incompetenc and folly . Military men must not take refuge behind the shield , that their actions are not amenable to the criticism of ordinary intelligence , Military science is by no means ...
... West Point , to enable him to discern military incompetenc and folly . Military men must not take refuge behind the shield , that their actions are not amenable to the criticism of ordinary intelligence , Military science is by no means ...
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... West . - Journey of Mr. Lincoln . - Plots for Mr. Lincoln's Assassination . - Conspirators Foiled . - Speech of Jeff . Davis . - Organization of Southern Confederacy . - Rebel Atrocities .. 42 CHAPTER III . THE WAR COMMENCED . Energy of ...
... West . - Journey of Mr. Lincoln . - Plots for Mr. Lincoln's Assassination . - Conspirators Foiled . - Speech of Jeff . Davis . - Organization of Southern Confederacy . - Rebel Atrocities .. 42 CHAPTER III . THE WAR COMMENCED . Energy of ...
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... west- ern States , that we hold power . But when we cease thus to control this nation , through a disjointed democracy , or any material obstacle in that party which shall tend to throw us out of that rule and control , we shall then ...
... west- ern States , that we hold power . But when we cease thus to control this nation , through a disjointed democracy , or any material obstacle in that party which shall tend to throw us out of that rule and control , we shall then ...
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... West , and new States carved out with almost miraculous rapidity . It was evident that , under the natural workings of the Constitution , the votes of freemen would soon entirely outnumber those of a privileged and aristocratic class ...
... West , and new States carved out with almost miraculous rapidity . It was evident that , under the natural workings of the Constitution , the votes of freemen would soon entirely outnumber those of a privileged and aristocratic class ...
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... West were intensely excited in view of the possibility of a foreign power being able to close the mouths of their noble river , and thus cut them off from all access to the sea . Napoleon , with the wonderful foresight which marked his ...
... West were intensely excited in view of the possibility of a foreign power being able to close the mouths of their noble river , and thus cut them off from all access to the sea . Napoleon , with the wonderful foresight which marked his ...
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Página 86 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Página 87 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 94 - Your dispatch is received. In answer I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States.
Página 64 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Página 86 - 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 69 - We, the people of the State of South 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 65 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved on 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 I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Página 56 - But, not to be tedious in enumerating the numerous changes for the better, allow me to allude to one other — though last, not least: the new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution — African slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and the present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the 'rock upon which...
Página 93 - Rhett, who had been for many years in the public service, declared that "the secession of South Carolina was not the event of a day. It is not," said he, "any thing produced by Mr. Lincoln's election, or by the non-execution of the fugitive slave law. It is a matter which has been gathering head for thirty years.
Página 275 - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men.