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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 148 18 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 75 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 62 6 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 62 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 40 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 39 3 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 27 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 26 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 25 3 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 25 9 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ng the right, could be properly given to be resolutions of 1798-99, and read from writings to sustain the point. The Best Coalition of secession appeared in the Hartford Convention, and the second in 1830; in the latter case, the iron logic of Gen. and the verdict of the great Democratic party, put a seal upon it, and it did not appear again until very recently. In regard to Mississippi, he said she had been dragged out in opposition to the popular voice. He then read from a speech of Howell Cobb, of Georgia, delivered some years ago, embodying is argument against the constitutional right of secession. The evils of the day, as announced here, were next commented on. First, the acrimony with which Southern institutions had been pursued by Northern men. He conceived that an act of secession would, instead of si, agitate the evil. Second, the efforts Northern abolitionists to entice our slaves abscond, the Personal Liberty bills, and the obstructions to the execution of the Fu
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Affairs at the Southern Capital. (search)
left yet for Europe. He is sanguine that our Government will be recognized by foreign powers, and that they will resist blockade. Mr. Toombs, it is said, would have preferred a mission, to the high post he occupies. It is not probable that Montgomery will be selected as the permanent Capital. The high board and rather poor fare have turned the scale against her. Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, or some other central spot, will be looked to. A small tax of one eighth of one per cent. has been levied upon cotton exported, to take effect after next August, if the contingency requires it. The permanent Constitution is not yet adopted. It provides for a term of six years for the President, and gives the Cabinet officers the power of vindicating themselves, and speaking in Congress, but not to vote. It preserves the three-fifths ratio of representation in slaves. Hon. Howell Cobb makes a capital President of Congress, and Dixon, of Georgia, cannot be surpassed as a Clerk.