The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government: African servitudeD. Appleton, 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street, 1881 A history of the Confederate States of America and an apologia for the causes that the author believed led to and justified the American Civil War. |
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Strana xvii
... Battle of Manassas . 339 CHAPTER VII . - Conference with the Generals after the Battle . - Order to pursue the Enemy.- Evidences of a Thorough Rout .- " Sweet to die for such a Cause . " - Movements of the Next Day . - What more it was ...
... Battle of Manassas . 339 CHAPTER VII . - Conference with the Generals after the Battle . - Order to pursue the Enemy.- Evidences of a Thorough Rout .- " Sweet to die for such a Cause . " - Movements of the Next Day . - What more it was ...
Strana xviii
... Battle of Springfield.— General Price . - Battle at Lexington . - Bales of Hemp . - Other Combats . 410 CHAPTER X. Brigadier - General Henry A. Wise takes Command in Western Virginia . - His Movements . - Advance of General John B ...
... Battle of Springfield.— General Price . - Battle at Lexington . - Bales of Hemp . - Other Combats . 410 CHAPTER X. Brigadier - General Henry A. Wise takes Command in Western Virginia . - His Movements . - Advance of General John B ...
Strana xxiii
... GENERAL P. G. T. BEAUREGARD MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT'S STAFF GENERAL A. S. JOHNSTON GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE BATTLE OF MANASSAS ( MAP ) • Frontispiece Face page 17 20 242 258 288 348 • 405 506 382 INTRODUCTION . A DUTY to my countrymen ; to the.
... GENERAL P. G. T. BEAUREGARD MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT'S STAFF GENERAL A. S. JOHNSTON GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE BATTLE OF MANASSAS ( MAP ) • Frontispiece Face page 17 20 242 258 288 348 • 405 506 382 INTRODUCTION . A DUTY to my countrymen ; to the.
Strana 21
... battles of the Revolution were fought - the right of a people to change their government whenever it was found to be oppressive , and subver- sive of the objects for which governments are instituted - and have contended for the time ...
... battles of the Revolution were fought - the right of a people to change their government whenever it was found to be oppressive , and subver- sive of the objects for which governments are instituted - and have contended for the time ...
Strana 44
... the field . We had carried it in the face of defeat , with a knowledge that de- feat awaited it ; but scarcely had the smoke of the battle passed 1860 ] THE POSITION OF THE AUTHOR . 45 away 44 RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT .
... the field . We had carried it in the face of defeat , with a knowledge that de- feat awaited it ; but scarcely had the smoke of the battle passed 1860 ] THE POSITION OF THE AUTHOR . 45 away 44 RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT .
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adopted amendment APPENDIX appointed arms army Articles Articles of Confederation asserted authority battle Beauregard brigade cause Charleston citizens Colonel command Commissioners compact Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution Convention Davis declared defense delegated duty election enemy eral ernment established Executive exercise existing expressed federacy Federal Government force Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter forts garrison Governor granted harbor honor hostile independence JEFFERSON DAVIS Johnston Kentucky legislation Legislature letter Major Anderson Manassas Massachusetts ment military militia Mississippi Missouri Missouri Compromise North Northern officers organization P. G. T. BEAUREGARD party peace person political position possession present President principles proposition purpose question ratified received reënforcements referred regard regiments representatives resolutions Richmond seceding secession Secretary Secretary of War secure Senate sent slavery slaves South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty stitution Sumter territory tion Treasury troops Union United Virginia vote Washington
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Strana 665 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Strana 186 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...
Strana 313 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Strana 631 - ... To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Strana 87 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them ; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Strana 161 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted, and on this very account would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted; for why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Strana 637 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Strana 637 - The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Strana 47 - That the new dogma, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Strana 314 - 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 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...