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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
ty had carried the day; the Federal executive power, which was to assume its functions on the 4th of March of the following year, had received the nation's mandate to oppose the extension of slavery; their adversaries to secure the popular vote in favor of the separation of that State. The 4th of March, which was to witness the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, was approaching, and that prospective ive States had broken the Union compact. Consequently, Congress, whose powers expired on the 4th of March with those of Mr. Buchanan, found itself, during the last days of its existence, suddenly ruls of the Constitution. Whether by accident or intentionally, the Confederates selected the 4th of March to adopt a new flag, and on the day when Mr. Lincoln entered upon the discharge of his functiashington, oscillated between the two parties, undecided as to what course to pursue. On the 4th of March the convention of Arkansas pronounced against secession; on the 19th that of Missouri adopted