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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 18 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1861., [Electronic resource] 13 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 2 2 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 12: (search)
s there is something peculiar in the location of some particular fort that makes it important for us to hold it for the general defense of the whole country, its commerce and interests, instead of being useful only for the defense of a particular city or locality. It is true that Forts Taylor and Jefferson, at Key West and Tortugas, are so situated as to be essentially national, and therefore important to us without reference to our relations with the seceded States. Not so with Moultrie, Johnson, Castle Pinckney, and Sumter, in Charleston Harbor; not so with Pulaski, on the Savannah River; not so with Morgan and other forts in Alabama; not so with those other forts that were intended to guard the entrance of a particular harbor for local defense. . . . We can not deny that there is a Southern Confederacy, de facto, in existence, with its capital at Montgomery. We may regret it. I regret it most profoundly; but I can not deny the truth of the fact, painful and mortifying as it i
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 8: (search)
J. H. Johnson, S. S. In accordance with the foregoing resolution, the Speaker appointed as said committee Messrs. John M. Johnson, William B. Read, and Thornton F. Marshall. Attest: (Signed) J. H. Johnson, S. S. Letter of Hon. J. M. JohnsHon. J. M. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee of the Kentucky Senate, to General Polk. To Major-General Polk, commanding forces, etc. Columbus, Kentucky, September 9, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a resolution of the Senate of Kentucky, adopteait, in deep suspense, your action in the premises. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, etc., (Signed) John M. Johnson. Chairman of Committee. Letter from General Polk to the Kentucky Commissioners. Columbus, Kentucky, September 9, 1861. To J. M. Johnson, Chairman of Committee, Senate of Kentucky. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, conveying to me a copy of a resolution of the Senate of Kentucky, under which a committee (of whic
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix H (search)
people of the United States. Vaguely and confusedly, indeed, did the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Johnson] bring forward the case of the great man, Washington, as one in which he had used a means whi we are told that the power does not exist to coerce a State; but the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Johnson] says it is only a power to coerce individuals; and the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Wade] seems toitutional right. The Senator from Ohio [Mr. Wade], and his ally, the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Johnson], argued it as no right at all. Well, let us see. What is meant by a constitutional right? Istion, I am willing to hear him, for I do not understand how we are to fight in the Union. Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee: When my speech is taken altogether, I think my meaning can be very easily undewe are not in danger of much bloodshed in the mode proposed by the Senator from Tennessee. Mr. Johnson: I had not quite done; but if the Senator is satisfied— Mr. Davis: Quite satisfied. I am