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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 3: assembling of Congress.--the President's Message. (search)
boldness in seditious speech. He admitted that a State had no constitutional right to secede, but he claimed for all the right of revolution. He then announced that the Slave-labor States intended to revolt. We intend to go out of this Union, he said. I speak what I believe, that, before the 4th of March, five of the Southern States, at least, will have declared their independence. . . . Although there is a clog in the way of the lone-star State of Texas, in the person of her Governor (Houston), who will not consent to call her Legislature together, and give the people of that State an opportunity to act, yet the public sentiment there is so decided in favor of this movement, that even the Governor will be overridden; and if he does not yield to public sentiment, some Texan Brutus Alfred Iverson. will arise to rid his country of the hoary-headed incubus that stands between the people and their sovereign will. We intend to go out peaceably, if we can; forcibly, if we must. I
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 4: seditious movements in Congress.--Secession in South Carolina, and its effects. (search)
Wm. W. Boyce, of South Carolina; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Peter E. Love, of Georgia; Orris S. Ferry, of Connecticut; Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland; C. Robinson, of Rhode Island; W. G. Whiteley, of Delaware; M. W. Tappen, of New Hampshire; John L. N. Stratton, of New Jersey; F. M. Bristow, of Kentucky; J. S. Morrill, of Vermont; T. A. R. Nelson, of Tennessee; Wm. McKee Dunn, of Indiana; Miles Taylor, of Louisiana; Reuben Davis, of Mississippi; William Kellogg, of Illinois; George S. Houston, of Alabama; F. H. Morse, of Maine; John S. Phelps, of Missouri; Albert Rust, of Arkansas; William A. Howard, of Michigan; George S. Hawkins, of Florida; A. J. Hamilton, of Texas; C. C. Washburn, of Wisconsin; S. R. Curtis, of Iowa; John C. Burch, of California; William Winslow, of Minnesota; and Lansing Stout, of Oregon. The Speaker, in framing this Committee, chose conservative men of the Free-labor States. Those holding extreme anti-slavery views were excluded. Mr. Pennington sha
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 7: Secession Conventions in six States. (search)
or co-operation, thirty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-five. Of the ten counties, some were for secession and others for co-operation. The Convention assembled at Montgomery on the 7th of January. 1861. Every county in the State was represented, and the number of delegates was one hundred. William Brooks was chosen President. On the same day, the representatives of Alabama Benjamin Fitzpatrick and Clement C. Clay, Senators; James L. Pugh, David Clopton, Sydenham Moore, George S. Houston, W. R. W. Cobb, J. A. Stallworth, J. L. M. Curry, Representatives. in the Congress at Washington, on consultation, resolved to telegraph to the Convention their advice to pass an ordinance of secession immediately. The Convention was marked by a powerful infusion of Union sentiment, which found expression in attempts to postpone secession under the plea of the desirableness of co-operation. Resolutions of this tenor were offered on the 9th; while another proposed that the powers of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama. (search)
63 to Apr. 1865 Interregnum of two months. Lewis E. ParsonsJune. 1865 to Dec. 1865 Robt. M. PattonDec. 1865 to July, 1868 Wm. H. SmithJuly, 1868 to Nov. 1870 Robt. B. LindsayNov. 1870 to Nov. 1872 David B. LewisNov. 1872 to Nov. 1874 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1874 to Nov. 1876 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1876 to Nov. 1878 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1878 to Nov. 1880 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1880 to Nov. 1882 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1882 to Nov. 1884 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1884 to Nov. 1886 Thomas SeayNov. 1886 to NGeo. S. HoustonNov. 1876 to Nov. 1878 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1878 to Nov. 1880 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1880 to Nov. 1882 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1882 to Nov. 1884 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1884 to Nov. 1886 Thomas SeayNov. 1886 to Nov. 1888 Thomas SeayNov. 1888 to Nov. 1890 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1890 to Nov. 1892 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1892 to Nov. 1894 William C. OatesNov. 1894 to Nov. 1896 Joseph F. JohnstonNov. 1896 to Nov. 1898 Joseph F. JohnstonNov. 1898 to Nov. 1900 W. J. SamfordNov. 1900 to Nov. 1902 United States senators from the State of Alabama. Names.No. of Congress.Date. William R. King16th to 28th1819 to 1844 John W. Walker16th to 17th1819 to 1822 William Kelley17th to 19th1823 to 1825 Henry Ch
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama (search)
years, etc.......1876-77 John T. Morgan, Democratic Senator, presents credentials in the United States Senate......Feb. 27, 1877 Act granting $75 to any resident of the State who lost an arm or leg in the Confederate army......1879 George S. Houston qualifies as United States Senator......March 18, 1879 United States Senator George S. Houston dies......Dec. 31, 1879 Luke Pryor, Democrat, qualifies as United States Senator under executive appointment to fill vacancy......Jan. 15, Senator George S. Houston dies......Dec. 31, 1879 Luke Pryor, Democrat, qualifies as United States Senator under executive appointment to fill vacancy......Jan. 15, 1880 James L. Pugh, United States Senatorelect qualifies......Dec. 6, 1880 State treasurer I. H. Vincent absconds, leaving a deficit of about $212,000......January, 1883 State agricultural department goes into operation, with E. C. Betts, of Madison county, as commissioner......Sept. 1, 1883 Congress grants the State 46,080 acres of land for the benefit of the university......April 23, 1884 Foundation of a monument to the Confederate soldiers of the State laid on the grounds of t
The Daily Dispatch: July 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Yankee raid at Beaver Dam. (search)
arges allege that he refused to take any notice whatever of rapes committee on negro women by his men (of Turchin's brigade) in the presence of respectable white females, or of indiscriminate, atrocious, and persistent plundering of and outrages upon Union citizens by the same brigade. The charges are said further to allege that he has used Government transportation for cotton caught by parties in whose speculations he was personally interested. It is further understood that the Hon. Geo. S. Houston, of Alabama, (former Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives,) is expected to be the main of Gen. M. Mr. H. having maintained his status Sometime since Gen. M. tendered his resignation to the President, but it has not yet been accepted. The charges against him will doubtless be promptly disposed of by the Government. Escape of prisoners from Fort Delaware. Philadelphia, July 17. --A letter from New in the Bulletin of to d