Rebellion and Recognition. Slavery, Sovereignty, Secession, and Recognition ConsideredUnion and Emancipation Society, 1863 - 28 Seiten |
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... votes polled for Fremont , and they determined to make a desperate struggle for power again in 1860. It is perfectly plain , however , that they had laid their plans for rebellion in case of defeat , and Jefferson Davis , in 1858 , two ...
... votes polled for Fremont , and they determined to make a desperate struggle for power again in 1860. It is perfectly plain , however , that they had laid their plans for rebellion in case of defeat , and Jefferson Davis , in 1858 , two ...
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... vote . The one a com- pact of states , the other a national plan of government based upon the majority - will of the people . This national constitution was sub- mitted to the people in their conventions and " ratified " and solemnly ...
... vote . The one a com- pact of states , the other a national plan of government based upon the majority - will of the people . This national constitution was sub- mitted to the people in their conventions and " ratified " and solemnly ...
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... vote ; and , therefore , the very idea of secession , by any one or more states , is absurd in concep- tion , illogical in its premises , and treasonable in its utterance . The constitution was a substantive form ; not league , nor ...
... vote ; and , therefore , the very idea of secession , by any one or more states , is absurd in concep- tion , illogical in its premises , and treasonable in its utterance . The constitution was a substantive form ; not league , nor ...
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... vote shall be given . The candidates having the majority of all the votes are chosen . The electors of a majority of states may have given their votes for one candidate , and yet another may be chosen . The people then and not the ...
... vote shall be given . The candidates having the majority of all the votes are chosen . The electors of a majority of states may have given their votes for one candidate , and yet another may be chosen . The people then and not the ...
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... votes , by the greater number of slave states than the free states counted ; but in 1850 , the admission of California as a free state , carried the majority of free states , and , consequently , the chances of a majority vote for slave ...
... votes , by the greater number of slave states than the free states counted ; but in 1850 , the admission of California as a free state , carried the majority of free states , and , consequently , the chances of a majority vote for slave ...
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abolitionist acknowledgment actual independence African Alabama America Articles of Confederation authority Buenos Ayres cause Chili civil civilised claim colonies compact confederacy confederation Congress consent consti constitution contest Darwen declared their independence decreed-"That defence despotism election EMANCIPATION SOCIETY established evidence Federal government force freedom Georgia Glasgow Grenada inalienable rights Jefferson Jefferson Davis John judgment justice league liberty London Rev Manchester Councillor Maryland means ment Mexico mother country nation negro opinion oppression ordained party peace person of colour Peru plea president provinces pursuit of happiness read or write reason rebel REBELLION AND RECOGNITION RECOGNITION CONSIDERED republic of Columbia revolution right of secession right to secede Rochdale Salford Saxon race secession senate slave code slave labour slave power slave to read slave trade slaveholders slavery South America South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty Spain Spanish Stephens territories thereof treaties tyranny UNION AND EMANCIPATION United Vattel Vice-president Virginia vote Wigfall wrong
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Seite 9 - But the defects of the confederation need not be detailed. Under its operation we could scarcely be called a nation. We had neither prosperity at home nor consideration abroad. This state of things could not be endured, and our present happy Constitution was formed, but formed in vain, if this fatal doctrine prevails.
Seite 8 - ... adopted. The leading object in establishing this government, an object forced on the country by the condition of the times and the absolute necessity of the law, was to give to Congress power to lay and collect imposts without the consent of particular States. The Revolutionary debt remained unpaid ; the national treasury was bankrupt ; the country was destitute of credit ; Congress issued its requisitions on the States, and the States neglected them ; there was no power of coercion but war;...
Seite 8 - Louisiana may secede, if she choose, form a foreign alliance, and hold the mouth of the Mississippi. If one State may secede, ten may do so — twenty may do so — twenty-three may do so. Sir, as these secessions go on, one after another, what is to constitute the United States? Whose will be the army?
Seite 9 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Seite 10 - But each State having expressly parted with so many powers as to constitute jointly with the other States a single nation, cannot from that period possess any right to secede, because such secession does not break a league, but destroys the unity of a nation...
Seite 22 - For these reasons, and not from mere views of selfish policy, the British government is decidedly of opinion, that the recognition of such of the new states as have established tie Jacto their separate political existence, cannot be much longer delayed.
Seite 20 - Government has declared its independence, and that there is now no opposition to it there nor a force to make any. For the last three years the Government of Spain has not sent a single corps of troops to any part of that country, nor is there any reason to believe it will send any in future.
Seite 23 - To continue to call that a Possession of Spain, in which all Spanish occupation and power had been actually extinguished and effaced, could render no practical service to the Mother Country; — but it would have risked the Peace of the World. For all Political Communities are responsible to other Political Communities for their conduct, — that is, they are bound to perform the ordinary international duties, and to.
Seite 10 - The Constitution declares that the judicial powers of the United States extend to cases arising under the laws of the United States, and that such laws, the Constitution, and treaties shall be paramount to the State constitutions .and laws.
Seite 6 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all.