... Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861Harper & brothers, 1906 - 372 pages |
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... batteries , the guns of Sumter silent . While the president had come slowly to a recogni- tion of his duty to reinforce Sumter , and could not but see in the changed attitude of the northern mind towards himself a thorough appreciation ...
... batteries , the guns of Sumter silent . While the president had come slowly to a recogni- tion of his duty to reinforce Sumter , and could not but see in the changed attitude of the northern mind towards himself a thorough appreciation ...
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... battery there , one shot from which struck abaft the port fore - channels and one near the rudder , doing no important dam- age . A large American ensign was now hoisted at the fore , put aboard at New York by Colonel Thomas with ...
... battery there , one shot from which struck abaft the port fore - channels and one near the rudder , doing no important dam- age . A large American ensign was now hoisted at the fore , put aboard at New York by Colonel Thomas with ...
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... battery on the island firing on us all the time and having no cannon to defend ourselves from the attack of the vessels , we concluded that to avoid certain capture or destruction , we would endeavor to get to sea , consequently we wore ...
... battery on the island firing on us all the time and having no cannon to defend ourselves from the attack of the vessels , we concluded that to avoid certain capture or destruction , we would endeavor to get to sea , consequently we wore ...
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... battery was still fir- ing , but the transport had passed by and was rapidly getting out of range . At the same time it was approaching within gunshot of Fort Moultrie . The latter immediately opened fire from one or two guns . Anderson ...
... battery was still fir- ing , but the transport had passed by and was rapidly getting out of range . At the same time it was approaching within gunshot of Fort Moultrie . The latter immediately opened fire from one or two guns . Anderson ...
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... batteries had never been trained to use the guns ; the results of the two shots which struck the ship showed no more , in fact , than that the powder used was of a very deteriorated sort , and any vessels of the port which might have ...
... batteries had never been trained to use the guns ; the results of the two shots which struck the ship showed no more , in fact , than that the powder used was of a very deteriorated sort , and any vessels of the port which might have ...
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Page 280 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 280 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 277 - Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will...
Page 113 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 335 - You and I both anticipated that the cause of the country would be advanced by making the attempt to provision Fort Sumter, even if it should fail ; and it is no small consolation now to feel that our anticipation is justified by the result.
Page 175 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 47 - Sir, coming from a slave State, as I do, I owe it to myself, I owe it to truth, I owe it to the subject to say that no earthly power could induce me to vote for a specific measure for the introduction of slavery where it had not before existed, either South or North of that line.
Page 106 - That the Government of a Territory organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and during its existence, all citizens of the United States . have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
Page 135 - The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa have enacted laws which either nullify the acts of Congress or render useless any attempt to execute them.
Page 139 - Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly or indirectly, interfere with the slaves, or with them about the slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington.