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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 15: publicists and orators, 1800-1850 (search)
she presented to the world the theories which Calhoun so neatly phrased and so ably defended, he ca more and more the people took their cue from Calhoun. He did not pose as a friend of disruption, s of course the sovereignty of the state, and Calhoun insisted on indivisibility of sovereignty. Iment. It is quite unnecessary to assert that Calhoun was insincere in announcing this method of pation. At the very outset, as we have seen, Calhoun announced principles calculated to defend theouth began to defend slavery as never before, Calhoun stepped forward as a leader; and henceforward on which conduct rests. We have spoken of Calhoun as the great Southerner who presented with loore nearly than any one else, he foreshadowed Calhoun and suggested the clear undimmed features of way for the later arguments and positions of Calhoun, the real leader of the South. One passage w grade and importance as those of Webster and Calhoun. And yet just why one should say this is not[1 more...]
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 16: Webster (search)
ard work of his father's farm, he was sent to Phillips Exeter Academy and to Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1800. He taught school as a makeshift, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1805. He practised first at Boscawen and then at Portsmouth, where he rapidly rose to prominence both as lawyer and public speaker. In 1813 he was sent to the House of Representatives as a Federalist member from Massachusetts, and thus came in close contact with Clay, then speaker, and Calhoun. Within a year Webster was a marked man in Congress. After four years, during which he struck many heavy blows at the administration, he resumed the practice of law. The great cases which he argued—the Dartmouth College Case, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, Ogden v. Saunders—brought him into the first rank of American lawyers by the time he was forty. Meanwhile his reputation as the greatest American orator was built up by his oration at Plymouth in 1820, the Bunker Hill oration
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
C., in 1834. His father was Dr. John H. Davis, of Welsh descent, an eminent physician of South Carolina, who died in 1877. His mother, a distant relative of John Calhoun, was Agatha Louisa Black, daughter of Maj. John Black, a Scotchman who came to America just after the Revolutionary war. Captain Davis was reared in Laurens cohe board of county commissioners. Burrel Cemp Johnson Burrel Cemp Johnson was born in Laurens county, S. C., August 26, 1843, the son of Hastings and Emily (Calhoun) Johnson, who were both born and reared in Laurens county, and his grandfather, John Calhoun, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Johnson spent his bJohn Calhoun, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Johnson spent his boyhood days on the farm and received his education in the country schools. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Sixth South Carolina regiment, in which he served until April, 1862. He was present at First Manassas, but not actively engaged. After the battle the regiment went to near Fairfax Court House, and with his command
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.30 (search)
Virginia Infantry, known as The Charlotte Rifles: Ezekiel V. Adams;——Adkins. William Dennis Bouldin, orderly, captured at Gettysburg; William H. Bailey; Dr. J. W. Brooks, G. W. Barksdale; W. G. Baldwin, lieutenant, died in service;——Brown; Jim Bailey; John Barksdale. Wiltshire Cardwell, disabled in first battle of Manassas; George George Chappell; C. C. Chappell; John H. Cook, died in service; M. L. Covington, second lieutenant and then captain, wounded at ——; James A. Calhoun; John Calhoun, wounded at Gettysburg; James T. Crawley, wounded at Gettysburg; J. J. Cook, wounded at Gaines' Mill; Thomas Carter; W. J. Chappell, killed at Drewry's Bluff; J. H. Cook; Thomas Cumby; Joseph Covington; George Covington, wounded at New Berne, N. C.; Shanghai Coleman, orderly (Louisiana Tiger); —— ——Childress, fifer of company. E. B. Davis; Winslow Dennis; Patrick H. Deanor; James Dickerson, wounded at Gaines' Mill; Robert Davis; R. P. Davis; Temple Davis, killed at Gettysb
The Daily Dispatch: February 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Sequel. (search)
sailor-craft, The Huguenotic will, The Norman grace and chivalry, The German steady skill; The fiery Celtic impassioned thought Inspire the Southern heart; Who have no room for hight-gloom, Or pious plunder's art! Sons of the brave! the time has come To bow the haughty crest, Or stand alone, despite the threats Of North, or East or West! The hour has come for manly deeds, And not for puling words The hour has passed for platform prate-- It is the time for swords! And by the fame of John Calhoun, To honest truth be true, And by old Jackson's Iron will, Now do what ye can do! By all ye love by all ye hope, Be resolute and proud, And make your flag a symbol high Of triumph, or a shroud! Men of the South! look up — behold The deep and sullen gloom, Which darkens o'er your sunny land With thunder in its womb! Are ye so blind ye cannot see The omens in the sky? Are ye so deaf ye cannot hear The tramp of foemen night? Are ye so dull ye will endure The whips and scorns of men,
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