South Carolina Bench and Bar, Volume 1State Company, 1908 - 381 pages |
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... February , 1842. They were very much attached to each other , although they frequently quarreled , and sometimes they would fight . They stayed together in a small hut on the edge of the swamp forest , not very far from their father's ...
... February , 1842. They were very much attached to each other , although they frequently quarreled , and sometimes they would fight . They stayed together in a small hut on the edge of the swamp forest , not very far from their father's ...
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... February , 1811 , young O'Neall was allowed to enter the junior class of the South Carolina College . In December , 1812 , he graduated with the second honor of that institution . His diploma bears date 7th December , 1812 , and is ...
... February , 1811 , young O'Neall was allowed to enter the junior class of the South Carolina College . In December , 1812 , he graduated with the second honor of that institution . His diploma bears date 7th December , 1812 , and is ...
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... February , 1823 , he was elected brigadier - general of the Tenth Brigade , Fifth Division of the South Carolina Militia ; and on the 20th of August , 1825 , he was elected and commissioned major - general of the Fifth Division . In ...
... February , 1823 , he was elected brigadier - general of the Tenth Brigade , Fifth Division of the South Carolina Militia ; and on the 20th of August , 1825 , he was elected and commissioned major - general of the Fifth Division . In ...
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... February , 1903 , Justice Woods practiced law at Marion , expe- riencing many of the usual ups and downs of a country lawyer , but at the same time attaining to a marked degree of success . His practice was very large and extensive ...
... February , 1903 , Justice Woods practiced law at Marion , expe- riencing many of the usual ups and downs of a country lawyer , but at the same time attaining to a marked degree of success . His practice was very large and extensive ...
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... February , 1822. He formed a law partnership with Honorable Whitfield Brooks , and practiced with him until the latter part of 1825 ; also with William Garrett two years ; with his brother , D. L. Wardlaw , from 1831 until 1841 ; with ...
... February , 1822. He formed a law partnership with Honorable Whitfield Brooks , and practiced with him until the latter part of 1825 ; also with William Garrett two years ; with his brother , D. L. Wardlaw , from 1831 until 1841 ; with ...
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Page 356 - Apprehension seems to exist, among the people of the Southern States, that by the accession of a republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 114 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 143 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 331 - The People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, AD, 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States, by the Federal Government, and its encroachments upon the reserved rights of the States, fully justified this State in then withdrawing from the Federal Union...
Page 356 - Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not prosecuted 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 all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and...
Page 224 - That, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience ; in the communion of the catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world.
Page 143 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from.
Page 356 - 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.
Page 165 - Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in then: imagination may talk of degeneracy and decay : but no man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.
Page 224 - Our lives are albums written through With good or ill, with false or true ; And as the blessed angels turn The pages of our years, God grant they read the good with smiles, And blot the ill with tears.