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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 2 (search)
negro slaves, of what nation or religion whatsoever. --Locke's Fundamental Constitution for South Carolina. When, in 1607, the first abiding English colony — Virginia — was founded on the Atlanti or pecuniary advantage. It was different southward of the Susquehanna, but especially in South Carolina, where the cultivation of Rice and Indigo on the seaboard had early furnished lucrative emplthe slaves with each other, and their means of escape to the wilderness and to the savages. South Carolina, a century ago, was as intensely, conspicuously aristocratic and slaveholding as in our own ment of East Florida, was peculiarly exposed to its ravages. Oglethorpe, at the head of the South Carolina and Georgia militia, made an attempt on Saint Augustine, which miscarried ; and this, in 174 passively, to the contagion of evil example, and soon became not only slaveholding, but, next to South Carolina, tile most infatuated of all the thirteen colonies in its devotion to the mighty ev
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 3 (search)
the dictates of humanity, he asserted truths which the jealous devotion of South Carolina and Georgia to slaveholding rendered it impolitic to send forth as an integ the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa, was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves,the American People, as well as their representatives in Congress, those of South Carolina and Georgia included. The progress of the Revolution justified and deepeMaryland 13,912 4,127 Virginia 26,668 5,620 North Carolina 7,263   South Carolina 6,417   Georgia 2,679     Total 232,341 56,163 The number istent with the maintenance of Slavery, which had been thus abolished. none South Carolina 107,094 New York 21,324 Georgia 29,264 New Jersey 11,423 Kentucky 11,created of their more efficient defense and protection. Henry Laurens of South Carolina, two years President of the Continental Congress, appointed Minister to Hol
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 4 (search)
became a matter of just complaint and uneasiness on the part of those States--Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, and South Carolina--which had no chartered claim to such lands much beyond the limits of their then actual settlements, that their partnrson ay, No.   Mr. Hardy no,   Mr. Mercer no, N. Carolina Mr. Williamson ay, Divided.   Mr. Spaight no, S. Carolina Mr. Read no, No.   Mr. Beresford no, The votes of members were sixteen for Mr. Jefferson's interdiction of Sled — after undergoing some further amendments, was finally adopted, four days later: all the delegates but those from South Carolina voting in its favor. In 1787, the last Continental Congress, sitting in New York, simultaneously with the Conventin ay, Ay.   Mr. R. H. Lee ay,   Mr. Carrington ay, North Carolina Mr. Blount ay, Ay.   Mr. Hawkins ay, South Carolina Mr. Kean ay, Ay.   Mr. Huger ay, Georgia Mr. Few ay, Ay.   Mr. Pierce ay, Journal of Congress, vol.
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., V. The Convention and the Constitution. (search)
to this: that the inhabitant of Georgia or South Carolina, who goes to the coast of Africa, and, in ons, etc., etc. Mr. Pinckney [C. C., of South Carolina] considered the Fisheries and the Western in the Constitution. Mr. Rutledge [of. South Carolina] did not see how the importation of slaveslause as it stands, etc. Mr. Pinckney.--South Carolina can never receive the plan if it prohibitsaining the consent of their constituents. South Carolina and Georgia can not do without slaves. * *rejection of the clause as an exclusion of South Carolina from the Union. Mr. Baldwin has similarvery, through its attorney, Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, presented its little Bill for extras. Lies. It is sheer absurdity to contend that South Carolina in the Convention was absorbingly intent oas. C. Pinckney's speech, delivered in the South Carolina ratification convention, January 17, 1788:mained one acre of swamp land uncleared in South Carolina, I would raise my voice against restrictin[8 more...]
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Vi. Slavery under the Constitution. (search)
y, in 1801, this agent wrote to his principals that, though the planters of South Carolina would not pay their notes, many of them suggested a purchase of the right on duly submitted to the Legislature, proposing to sell the patent right for South Carolina for one hundred thousand dollars, the Legislature debated it, and finally ohe arrangement seems to have been a fair one, and it was never repudiated. South Carolina, it should in justice be said, through her legislature of 1804, receded fros cotton, the one termed Upland Georgia, grown in the States of Georgia and South Carolina, and the other of superior quality, raised upon the banks of the Mississippon for their own good.--De Bow's Review, vol. II., p. 310. Mr. Chestnut of S. C., in a long pro-slavery speech in the U. S. Senate, April 9, 1860, presented hisollowing day: As to the slave population, I agree with the Senator from South Carolina. if a problem, it has worked itself out; the thing is settled here, so far
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 8 (search)
grow clearer as the controversy advances. South Carolina sees unconstitutionality in the tariff; shso, and gives to every warm affirmative of South Carolina a plain, downright, Pennsylvania negative.ter. To praise the honorable Senator from South Carolina would be To add perfume to the violet , and be distanced in the common race. South Carolina did not heed these gentle admonitions. Th during the preceding session of Congress, South Carolina proceeded, directly after throwing away he were forbidden to be paid within the State of South Carolina after the 1st day of February ensuingas paramount to that which the citizens of South Carolina owe to the State of their birth or their ared that they had the right now claimed by South Carolina. The war into which we were forced, to sumade, consistently with the obligations of South Carolina ; to no other can such appeals be made wited such reductions of duties on imports as South Carolina demanded, the execution of the Nullifying [23 more...]
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 9 (search)
of character from the American people; that you will promote mercy and justice toward this distressed race; and that you will step to the very verge of the power vested in you for discouraging every species of traffic in the persons of our fellow-men. Congress courteously received this and similar memorials, calmly considered them, and decided that it had no power to abolish Slavery in the States which saw fit to authorize and cherish it. There was no excitement, no menace, no fury. South Carolina and Georgia, of course, opposed the prayer, but in parliamentary language. It is noteworthy, that among those who leaned furthest toward the petitioners were Messrs. Parker and Page, of Virginia--the latter in due time her Governor. They urged, not that the prayer should be granted, but that the memorial be referred, and respectfully considered. Vermont framed a State Constitution in 1777, and embodied in it a Bill of Rights, whereof the first article precluded Slavery. Massachu
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 11 (search)
spirit and demand, were adopted by the Legislatures of South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, and doubtless other Slave Steath to them.--Missouri Argus. And Mr. Preston, of South Carolina, who once delivered a speech at Columbia in reference ed: Let an abolitionist come within the borders of South Carolina, if we can catch we will try him, and, notwithstandinge citizens of the town of Wrentham; and Mr. Hammond of South Carolina, moved that it be not received; which was met by a mot the subject, no more in this District than in the State of South Carolina. After a long and spirited debate, mainly by Sout House, February 5, 1836. Mr. Henry L. Pinckney, of South Carolina, submitted the following resolve: Resolved, That a of the Union. After some demur by Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, and Mr. Wise, of Virginia, the Previous Question was the above resolution consisted of Messrs. Pinckney of South Carolina; Hamer of Ohio; Pierce of New Hampshire; Hardin of Ken
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Xii. Texas and her Annexation. (search)
ver, to win the favor of Mr. Calhoun, and so had no considerable support in South Carolina; which State gave its vote, without opposition, to Mr. Van Buren, though ity, 1833) in opposition to the passage of Gen. Jackson's Force bill, against South Carolina's Nullification. He supported Mr Clay's Compromise Tariff. Being reflecte for Vice-President, and received the electoral votes of Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In 1838, he was elected as a Whig to the Legislature of Vilk was supported by Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Misions. It will give a Gibraltar to the South, said Gen. James Hamilton, jr., of S. C., an eminent disciple of Calhoun, who had migrated from South Carolina to Texas,South Carolina to Texas, and taken a leading part in her affairs, in furtherance of the project. Such was the drift of Southern inculcation on this subject; and the colonizing, the revoluti
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Xiii. The Mission of Samuel Hoar. (search)
as under consideration, the delegates from South Carolina moved to amend by inserting the word white by the State of Massachusetts to the State of South Carolina, with the avowed purpose of interferiporting to be from the Attorney-General of South Carolina, urging the avoidance of a resort to lynchmarks about the insult by Massachusetts to South Carolina, and her determination to be rid of Mr. Ho report of his visit to and expulsion from South Carolina, asked the following portentous questions:ast practical validity or binding force in South Carolina, except where she thinks its operation fav Massachusetts complains that a citizen of South Carolina had done him an injury; saying that she haizen of Massachusetts within the limits of South Carolina, whenever she thinks his presence there in be regarded as the conquered provinces of South Carolina? Such was the mannerin which South CarSouth Carolina, with the hearty approval of her slaveholding sisters, received and repelled the attempt of Ma[3 more...]
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