...assembled, do declare and ordain . . . that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the "United States of America" is hereby dissolved. Ordinance of Secession, 20 December 1860 -HE DEFEAT of the British at the Battle...

...forerunner in the states rights declarations, passed an Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860. "And that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina...under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved."37 Not all of the southerners felt inclined to leave the Union because the "Black...

...passed unanimously an ordinance declaring that "the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the United States of America is hereby dissolved." Seceding on December 20, 1860, South Carolina was followed by Mississippi (January...

...was ratified, and also, all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State, ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed;...under the name of "The United States of America, " is hereby dissolved. Reduced to its essentials, theirs was the familiar American argument that no people...

...was ratified, and also, all Acts and parts of Acts, of the General Assembly of this State, ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed;...under the name of 'The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." In this political forum, the resolution represented a rare piece of legislation...

...1788 ratification of the Constitution and all subsequent ratifications of its amendments were thereby repealed, "and that the union now subsisting between...under the name of 'The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." By that evening the committee members were agreed on the text and ready to report...

...northwest across the harbor lay Charleston. Here on December 20, 1860, a state convention voted unanimously that "the union now subsisting between South Carolina...under the name of 'The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." During the rest of that day and all through the night, jubilant crowds celebrated....

...striking of the appointed hour for rebellion. South Carolina led the way, declaring, on December 17, 1860, that the " Union now subsisting between South Carolina...under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved." Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas followed. Opinion at...

...in Charleston and "opened the ball" by bravely proclaiming to the world that "the Union now existing between South Carolina and other states, under the name of 'The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved," it was obvious that little or no thought was given in advance to just what might...

...Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the "United States of America," is hereby dissolved. Done at Charleston the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord, I860.55...