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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The address of Hon. John Lamb. (search)
ctrine of secession, characterized as treason and rebellion in 1861, was openly advocated in Massachusetts. Col. Pickering, a member of General Washington's cabinet, in July, 1804, wrote as follows: to the navigation and commerce of the latter. * * It (meaning the separation) must begin in Massachusetts. The proposition would be welcome in Connecticut, and could we doubt New Hampshire? But Ne the State of Louisiana was violently opposed in Congress. During the debate, Mr. Quincy of Massachusetts, said: If this bill passes it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution or discussion. The Hartford Convention of 1814, consisting of delegates from the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont, discussed the question, and although nion. In that year the Legislature of Massachusetts adopted this resolution: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, faithful to the compact between the people of the United States, according to the p
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Smith, Governor of Virginia, and Major-General C. S. Army, hero and patriot. (search)
s were bared and bowed as the veteran chaplain invoked the blessing of God and offered thanks for the past blessings lavished on Richmond, the South and the United States. Address of Judge James Keith. Following the prayer, Judge James Keith, who was to deliver the presentation address, stepped to the front of the platform, and in the following terms presented the statue to the Commonwealth of Virginia: Fellow-citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A distinguished son of Massachusetts has said of the Virginia of the Revolutionary period, that We must go back to Athens to find another instance of a society so small in number and yet capable of such an outburst of ability and force. Into this society, in the County of King George, on 6th of September, 1797, was born William Smith. The public opinion of the day was dominated by the sentiments which had caused the War of Independence and carried it to a successful conclusion. From his earliest infancy, his mind was
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
paigns of generals or expeditions of brigands. Napoleon, when General Mack capitulated at Ulm, recalling his own chagrin when compelled by Sir Sidney Smith to raise the siege of St. Jean d'acre, remarked: How much to be pitied is a general on the day after a lost battle. The pity that was felt in all manly breasts for this brave soldier in misfortune has been changed to respect for his memory and contempt for that of his persecutors. There were notable men in that famous battle from Massachusetts, Mississippi and Virginia. Colonel Devens was afterwards brevetted Major General, and was Attorney-General under the Hayes administration; Colonel Lee was brevetted Brigadier, and was Attorney-General of his State; Lieutenant Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the Twentieth Massachusetts, who was shot through chest from side to side, is now a Justice of the Supreme Court, and has delivered some good State Right's decisions; Captain Wm. Francis Bartlett, also of the Twentieth, became a General and
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.36 (search)
e Yankees in a way that did credit to old Jube Early's one-time law partner, and handsome Ocey White, the boy lieutenant of Company A, taking off his hat to show me where a ball had raised a whelk on his scalp and carried away one of his pretty flaxen curls, and lastly, Old Buck Terry, with a peculiarly sad smile on his face, standing with poor George and Val Harris and others, between the colors of the Eleventh and Twenty-fourth, near where now is the pretty monument of Colonel Ward, of Massachusetts. I could not hear what he said, but he was pointing rearwards with his sword, and I knew what that meant. As I gave one hurried glance over the field we had traversed, the thought in my mind was repeated at my side, Oh! Colonel, why don't they support us? It was Walker, General Kemper's orderly, unhorsed, but still unscathed and undaunted, awkward, ungainly, hard-featured, good-natured, simple-minded, stouthearted Walker, one of the Eleventh boys, I believe; only a private doing hi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.37 (search)
and purposes of the Confederacy live. These were for the maintenance of the rights of the States, the rights of local selfgovern-ment, the rights of the individual against the mass, even against the government itself. The right of secession from the Union was the only right of the States surrendered at Appomattox. The other rights promised by the Constitution remain and ought to be inviolate, and in the defence of them California is as immediately and as deeply interested as Virginia; Massachusetts is as anxious and as determined as Florida. The tendency toward centralization of power and authority extends from the government to the corporation and the individual stockholder, and the minority find themselves alike helpless, their rights disregarded, their protests unheeded, their interests not considered; against all this it is the right, the duty and the high priviledge of Lee's people to fight and to lead the way. The country is caught, but only for the moment, between the upper
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
. Crocker, 28. Provisional Army of Virginia in 1861, 288. Quitman Rifles, History of the, 239. Ramseur, Ambuscade of, General S. D., 213. Randolph of Roanoke, John, Key to the Eccentricity of, 75. Rebel Yell. The, 198. Robins, Colonel, Wm. Todd, 275. Rodgers, Wm. W, 163. Rodgers, Judge Robert L, 69. Rodgers. Miss Ruth. 69. Ruins, The pathos of, 67. Scovill, Colonel E. A, 45. Secession, the right of, 55; Early approval of in New England, 59, 61; proposed by Massachusetts in 1844, 60. Seddon, James A , 133. Sheppard, W. L., 237. Sheridan, General Philip H, Vandalism of, 215. Siever's, Wm, 237. Simmons, Dr., James, 36 Slavery in the South incident on conditions; perpetuation of not the cause of the war 58; Sentiment of the world as to, 63. Smith Briggs, Capture of the by Confederates, 162. Smith, General E. K. at Manassas, 175. Smith, General G. W., 1:3. Smith, Wm., Governor and General, Unveiling of Statue to, with addresses and ce