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... Troops in Baltimore - Proclamation declaring a Blockade of Rebel Ports - Position of Virginia - Secession of Virginia , Tennessee , North Carolina , and Arkansas - Response to the Call of the President at the North and West - Mr . Doug ...
... Troops in Baltimore - Proclamation declaring a Blockade of Rebel Ports - Position of Virginia - Secession of Virginia , Tennessee , North Carolina , and Arkansas - Response to the Call of the President at the North and West - Mr . Doug ...
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... troops on Rock Island , he returned a defiant message , and kept on . In this threatening aspect of affairs , Governor Reynolds issued a call for volunteers , and among the companies that immediately responded was one from Menard County ...
... troops on Rock Island , he returned a defiant message , and kept on . In this threatening aspect of affairs , Governor Reynolds issued a call for volunteers , and among the companies that immediately responded was one from Menard County ...
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... troops to the mouth of Rock River . It was there arranged with General Atkinson that they should proceed up the river to Prophetstown , where they were to await the arrival of the regulars . General Whiteside , in command of the ...
... troops to the mouth of Rock River . It was there arranged with General Atkinson that they should proceed up the river to Prophetstown , where they were to await the arrival of the regulars . General Whiteside , in command of the ...
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... troops and supplies . The twenty - four hundred men thus brought together made a force sufficiently large to annihilate Black Hawk's army , if they could have brought the cunning warrior to a fight , but this was impossible . Here a new ...
... troops and supplies . The twenty - four hundred men thus brought together made a force sufficiently large to annihilate Black Hawk's army , if they could have brought the cunning warrior to a fight , but this was impossible . Here a new ...
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... troops and provisions for Major Anderson , was fired upon and driven out of the harbor two months before the expiration of Mr. Buchanan's term of office . The supplying the garrison with food was an act of humanity , and not an act of ...
... troops and provisions for Major Anderson , was fired upon and driven out of the harbor two months before the expiration of Mr. Buchanan's term of office . The supplying the garrison with food was an act of humanity , and not an act of ...
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Página 394 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Página 309 - Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Página 348 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 394 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Página 277 - It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,— that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...
Página 401 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Página 160 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 275 - ... endangered by the now incoming Administration. I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause — as cheerfully to one section as to another.
Página 390 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Página 209 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation ; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the National Territories, and to overrun us here in these Free States? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.