Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1864 |
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... took up for approval the Constitution adopted by the Confederate Con- gress . In all the seceding States it was adopted by the State Convention , without being sub- mitted to the people to vote for or against it . The Convention of ...
... took up for approval the Constitution adopted by the Confederate Con- gress . In all the seceding States it was adopted by the State Convention , without being sub- mitted to the people to vote for or against it . The Convention of ...
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... took place on the 12th , and on the 13th the Queen took a drive , with no idea of danger . When she re- turned the patient's extremities were already cold , and from that time he was in the greatest danger . On that evening he was not ...
... took place on the 12th , and on the 13th the Queen took a drive , with no idea of danger . When she re- turned the patient's extremities were already cold , and from that time he was in the greatest danger . On that evening he was not ...
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... took possession of the frigate Constitution , attached to the Naval School , and removed her beyond the danger of seizure by those sympathizing with the Confederate Govern- ment . A consultation of officers was held at the Naval School ...
... took possession of the frigate Constitution , attached to the Naval School , and removed her beyond the danger of seizure by those sympathizing with the Confederate Govern- ment . A consultation of officers was held at the Naval School ...
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... took a very active part in connection with Francis C. Lowell , Patrick T. Jackson , Paul Moody , and others , in establishing the cotton factory at Waltham , Massachusetts . He says : " When the first loom was ready for trial , many ...
... took a very active part in connection with Francis C. Lowell , Patrick T. Jackson , Paul Moody , and others , in establishing the cotton factory at Waltham , Massachusetts . He says : " When the first loom was ready for trial , many ...
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... took place in the State until the 20th of December , when David Hubbard , a Commissioner from the State of Alabama , addressed the Legislature of Arkan- sas at Little Rock . He argued that Alabama would secede from the Union whether ...
... took place in the State until the 20th of December , when David Hubbard , a Commissioner from the State of Alabama , addressed the Legislature of Arkan- sas at Little Rock . He argued that Alabama would secede from the Union whether ...
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Página 72 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 123 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are, virtually, dissolved; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it .will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare, definitely, for a separation; amicably, if they can; violently if they must.
Página 395 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States ; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 180 - 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 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,
Página 404 - I cannot but know what you all know, that without a name, perhaps without a reason why I should have a name, there has fallen upon me a task such as did not rest even upon the Father of his Country...
Página 180 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." 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...
Página 198 - I rise, Mr. President, for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory evidence that the State of Mississippi, by a solemn ordinance of her people, in convention assembled, has declared her separation from the United States. Under these circumstances, of course, my functions are terminated here. It has seemed to me proper, however, that I should appear in the Senate to announce that fact to my associates, and I will say but very little more.
Página 410 - 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 131 - 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 present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this as the 'rock upon which the old union would split.
Página 403 - We mean to treat you as near as we possibly can, as Washington, Jefferson, and Madison treated you. We mean to leave you alone, and in no way to interfere with your institutions ; to abide by all and every compromise of the Constitution.