Echoes from the South: Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South During the Late WarE. B. Treat & Company, 1866 - 211 Seiten This work contains speeches, addresses, and public records from the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
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... duty of every good citizen to give his counsels and views whenever the country is in danger , as to the best policy to be pursued , I am here . For these reasons , and these only , do I bespeak a calm , patient , and attentive hearing ...
... duty of every good citizen to give his counsels and views whenever the country is in danger , as to the best policy to be pursued , I am here . For these reasons , and these only , do I bespeak a calm , patient , and attentive hearing ...
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... duty to the last . My countrymen , I am not of those who believe this Union has been a curse up to this time . True men , men of integrity , entertain different views from me on this subject . I do not question their right to do so ; I ...
... duty to the last . My countrymen , I am not of those who believe this Union has been a curse up to this time . True men , men of integrity , entertain different views from me on this subject . I do not question their right to do so ; I ...
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... duty to our- selves and to posterity to - let us not too readily yield to this temptation - do so . Our first parents , the great progenitors of the human race , were not without a like temptation when in the Garden of Eden . They were ...
... duty to our- selves and to posterity to - let us not too readily yield to this temptation - do so . Our first parents , the great progenitors of the human race , were not without a like temptation when in the Garden of Eden . They were ...
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... duty leads , and then we may not fear to tread therein . I come now to the main question put to me , and on which my counsel has been asked . That is , what the present Legislature should do in view of the dangers that threaten us , and ...
... duty leads , and then we may not fear to tread therein . I come now to the main question put to me , and on which my counsel has been asked . That is , what the present Legislature should do in view of the dangers that threaten us , and ...
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... duty as patriots . I speak now particularly to the members of the Legislature present . There are , as I have said , great dangers ahead . Great dangers may come from the election I have spoken of . If the policy of Mr. Lincoln and his ...
... duty as patriots . I speak now particularly to the members of the Legislature present . There are , as I have said , great dangers ahead . Great dangers may come from the election I have spoken of . If the policy of Mr. Lincoln and his ...
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Abolitionism adopted aggression Alabama America Applause appointed Arkansas Army of Potomac battle bill bill of attainder blessings cause citizens civil coast commanding commerce compact Confede Confederacy Confederate Congress Convention assembled declare and ordain defend delegated duty E. B. TREAT election enemy equal established executive exercise fathers federacy Federal Florida foreign Fort Sumter Georgia Georgia Platform give Government hereby declared honorable friend hope House of Representatives institutions JEFFERSON DAVIS judgment justice Kentucky Legislature letters of marque liberty Lincoln Louisiana Maryland ment Milledge L Mississippi nations never North Northern old Constitution Ordinance to dissolve party patriotism peace person present President principles purpose question ratified Richmond ROBERT TOOMBS secede secession Senate Slavery slaves soldiers South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty spirit stand STEPHENS Tennessee territory Texas thereof tion tomac TOOMBS two-thirds United Vice-President Virginia vote whole number
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Seite 49 - Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Seite 58 - 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 adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 59 - 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,
Seite 114 - Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment...
Seite 87 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Seite 127 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next session ; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reap126 ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. pointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Seite 68 - Constitution, are hereby repealed and abrogated; that the union between the State of Virginia and the other States under the Constitution aforesaid is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Virginia is in the full possession and exercise of all the rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
Seite 127 - President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
Seite 76 - Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government and the inalienable rights of the people of the States will prevent...
Seite 109 - The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment; except that any judicial or other Federal officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.