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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 45 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 10 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 8 0 Browse Search
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 4 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The causes of the war [from the Sunday News, Charleston, S. C., November 28, 1897.] (search)
armed with some power of self-defence? That means the right to secede. In the same debate Mr. Ellsworth said: He turned his eyes, therefore, for the preservation of his rights to the State governments. Mr. Ellsworth and Mr. Sherman unite in saying: The powers vested in Congress go only to matters respecting the common interests of the Union and are specially defined, so that the particular States retain their sovereignty in other matters. Oliver Ellsworth further said: The Constitution does not attempt to coerce sovereign bodies—States in their political capacity. Alexander Hamilton,both before and after the promulgation of the above resolutions by Virginia aud Kentucky. Mr. Ellsworth and Mr. Sherman write: Some additional powers are vested in Congress, which was the principa other matters. Dr. Johnson further says: This excludes the idea of an armed force. And Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut, endorses this statement: The Constitution does not attempt to coerce sover