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Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
The story of Mr. Davis's final withdrawal from the Senate of the United States shall be told in his own words: Mississippi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordinance of secession being adopted on January 9, J861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, and, in the course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (together with that of South Carolina) agreed in designating Montgomery, Ala., as the place, and February 4th as the day, for the assembling of a Congress of the seceding States, to which each State convention, acting as the direct representative of the sovereignty of the people thereof, appointed delegates. Telegraphic intelligence of the secession of Mississippi had reached Washington some considerable time before the fact was officially communicated to me. This official knowledge I considered it proper to await before taking formal leave of the Senate. M
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
adopted on January 9, J861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, and, in the course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (together with that of South Carolina) agreed in designating Montgomery, Ala., as the place, and February 4th as the day, for the assembling of a Congress of the seceding States, to which each State convention, acting as the direct representative of the sovereignty of the people e Union, advocated the doctrine of nullification because it preserved the Union. It was because of his deep. seated attachment to the Union-his determination to find some remedy for existing ills short of a severance of the ties which bound South Carolina to the other States--that Mr. Calhoun advocated the doctrine of nullification, which he proclaimed to be peaceful, to be within the limits of State power, not to disturb the Union, but only to be a means of bringing the agent before the tribu
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
Chapter 45 Mr. Davis Withdraws from the Senate. The story of Mr. Davis's final withdrawal from the Senate of the United States shall be told in his own words: Mississippi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordinance of secession being adopted on January 9, J861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, and, in the course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (together with that of South Carolina) agreed in designating Montgomery, Ala., as the place, and February 4th as the day, for the assembling of a Congress of the seceding States, to which each State convention, acting as the direct representative of the sovereignty of the people thereof, appointed delegates. Telegraphic intelligence of the secession of Mississippi had reached Washington some considerable time before the fact was officially communicated to me. This official knowledge I considered it proper t
Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
of the United States shall be told in his own words: Mississippi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordegates. Telegraphic intelligence of the secession of Mississippi had reached Washington some considerable time before theat the same time. In the action which she then took, Mississippi certainly had no purpose to levy war against the United e Senate that I have satisfactory evidence that the State of Mississippi, by a solemn ordinance of her people, in conventionieved there was justifiable cause, if I had thought that Mississippi was acting without sufficient provocation, or without an, therefore, say I concur in the action of the people of Mississippi, believing it to be necessary and proper, and should havtate. A State finding herself in the condition in which Mississippi has judged she is — in which her safety requires that shights which our fathers bequeathed us, which has brought Mississippi to her present decision. She has heard proclaimed the t
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
have bound her to the Union; and thus divesting herself of every benefit-taking upon herself every burden-she claims to be exempt from any power to execute the laws of the United States within her limits. I well remember an occasion when Massachusetts was arraigned before the bar of the Senate, and when the doctrine of coercion was rife, and to be applied against her, because of the rescue of a fugitive slave in Boston. My opinion then was the same that it is now. Not in a spirit of egotism, but to show that I am not influenced in my own opinions because the case is my own, I refer to that time and that occasion as containing the opinion which I then entertained, and on which my present conduct is based. I then said that if Massachusetts-following her purpose through a stated line of conduct — chose to take the last step which separates her from the Union, it is her right to go, and I will neither vote one dollar nor one man to coerce her back; but I will say to her, God spee
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 45
she then took, Mississippi certainly had no purpose to levy war against the United States, or any of them. As her senator, I endeavored plainly to state her positiof her people, in convention assembled, has declared her separation from the United States. Under these circumstances, of course, my functions are terminated here. not the case which is now presented. The laws are to be executed over the United States and upon the people of the United States. They have no relation to any forUnited States. They have no relation to any foreign country. It is a perversion of terms-at least, it is a great misapprehension of the case — which cites that expression for application to a State which has wist a State which has withdrawn from the Union; but there are no laws of the United States to be executed within the limits of a seceded State. A State finding hersery burden-she claims to be exempt from any power to execute the laws of the United States within her limits. I well remember an occasion when Massachusetts was a
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
Chapter 45 Mr. Davis Withdraws from the Senate. The story of Mr. Davis's final withdrawal from the Senate of the United States shall be told in his own words: Mississippi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordinance of secession being adopted on January 9, J861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, and, in the course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (together with that of South Carolina) agreed in designating Montgomery, Ala., as the place, and February 4th as the day, for the assembling of a Congress of the seceding States, to which each State convention, acting as the direct representative of the sovereignty of the people thereof, appointed delegates. Telegraphic intelligence of the secession of Mississippi had reached Washington some considerable time before the fact was officially communicated to me. This official knowledge I considered it proper t
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
ppi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordinance of secession being adopted on January 9, J861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, and, in the course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (together with that of Soutthe fact was officially communicated to me. This official knowledge I considered it proper to await before taking formal leave of the Senate. My associates from Alabama and Florida concurred in this view. Accordingly, having received notification of the secession of these three States about the same time, on January 21st, Messrs. Yulee and Mallory, of Florida, Fitzpatrick and Clay, of Alabama, and myself, announced the withdrawal of the States from which we were respectively accredited, and took leave of the Senate at the same time. In the action which she then took, Mississippi certainly had no purpose to levy war against the United States, or any of
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 45
e course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (together with that of South Carolina) agreed in designating Montgomery, Ala., as the place, and February 4th as the day, for the assembling of a Congress of the seceding States, to which each State convention, acting as the direct representative of the sovereignty of the people thereof, appointed delegates. Telegraphic intelligence of the secession of Mississippi had reached Washington some considerable time before the fact was officially communicated to me. This official knowledge I considered it proper to await before taking formal leave of the Senate. My associates from Alabama and Florida concurred in this view. Accordingly, having received notification of the secession of these three States about the same time, on January 21st, Messrs. Yulee and Mallory, of Florida, Fitzpatrick and Clay, of Alabama, and myself, announced the withdrawal of the States from which we
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
n words: Mississippi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordinance of secession being adopted on January 9, J861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, and, in the course of the same month, by Georgia on the 18th, and Louisiana on the 26th. The conventions of these States (toget officially communicated to me. This official knowledge I considered it proper to await before taking formal leave of the Senate. My associates from Alabama and Florida concurred in this view. Accordingly, having received notification of the secession of these three States about the same time, on January 21st, Messrs. Yulee and Mallory, of Florida, Fitzpatrick and Clay, of Alabama, and myself, announced the withdrawal of the States from which we were respectively accredited, and took leave of the Senate at the same time. In the action which she then took, Mississippi certainly had no purpose to levy war against the United States, or any of them. As h
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