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Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 8
s and other leading men endeavored to, give to it a position of absolute neutrality. Missouri, lying west of the Mississippi River,. was another Border State of great importance. Its population in 1860 was one million one hundred and eighty-two ed a glorious part. Northward of Illinois, Wisconsin was spread out, between Lakes Michigan and Superior and the Mississippi River, with a population of nearly eight hundred thousand. Its voters were Republicans by full twenty thousand majority.en the people of Wisconsin gave men and money freely to the great cause of American Nationality. Westward of the Mississippi River, and stretching away northward along its course from the borders of Missouri, were the young and vigorous States ofrts, and declared that the people of Minnesota would never consent to the obstruction of the free navigation of the Mississippi River, from its source to its mouth, by any power hostile to the Federal Government. By a careful observation of the a
Mason City (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
keep the sword of the Republic immovably in its scabbard, until the black crime should be consummated. An ex-President of the United States wrote to the man who afterward became chief leader of the conspirators, saying:--Without discussing the question of right — of abstract power to secede — I have never believed that actual disruption of the Union can occur without blood; and if, through the madness of Northern Abolitionists, that dire calamity must come, the fighting will not be along Mason and Dixon's line, merely. It will be within our own borders, in our own streets, between the two classes of citizens to whom I have referred. Those who defy law and scout constitutional obligations will, if we ever reach the arbitrament of arms, find occupation enough at home. --Extract of a Letter from Franklin Pierce to Jefferson Davis, January 6, 1860. After the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession was adopted, an ex-Governor of Illinois wrote to the same man, saying:--I am, in hear
Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
lic, the Governor of the State, Thomas H. Hicks, his age on the borders of threescore and ten, was a prudent, loyal man. When Judge Handy, the Commissioner from Mississippi, visited him officially, at the middle of December, 1860. and set forth the object of his mission, and the causes which justified secession, and desired him toent in regard to the whole question. The North should retire from its untenable position immediately. On the following day, Henry Dickinson, Commissioner from Mississippi, addressed them. He declared, with supporting arguments, that a State had a right to secede, and invited Delaware to join the Southern Confederacy about to be due to themselves, and the people of Delaware, to express their unqualified disapproval of the remedy for existing evils proposed by Mr. Dickinson, in behalf of Mississippi. This ended his mission. Delaware maintained that position during the war that ensued; and it is a notable fact, that it was the only Slave-labor State whose
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
he Governor of Tennessee the people overwhelmingly for the Union position of Kentucky, 199. Convention of Union and Douglas men action of the Legislature attitud State would cease. It was a delusive hope, as we shall observe hereafter. Kentucky, a Border State of great importance, having a population, in 1860, of one mille State, held on the 8th of January, 1861. it was resolved that the rights of Kentucky should be maintained in the Union. They were in favor of a convention of the Siah Magoffin. the last extremity. This action was taken by the authorities of Kentucky, because the Legislatures of several of the Free-labor States had offered trooes to the Peace Congress to meet at Washington City. Such was the attitude of Kentucky at the beginning. A little later, its public authorities and other leading me to surrender alleged fugitive slaves on the requisition of the authorities of Kentucky and Tennessee; denied the right of secession; affirmed the loyalty of his Stat
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
e people of that State nobly redeemed. The great State of Pennsylvania, with its three millions of inhabitants, and its imting proposed the repeal of the Personal Liberty Act of Pennsylvania, and the recognition of the obligations of the people tof the American Union. The newly elected Governor of Pennsylvania; Andrew G. Curtin, was: inaugurated on the 15th of Januand Andrew G. Curtin. pledged the faith and power of Pennsylvania to the support of all such measures as might be requireithout hesitation or delay. How fully these pledges of Pennsylvania were redeemed, and its patriotism, fidelity, and prowess of the people of that State, testify. Next west of Pennsylvania lay Ohio, with two millions three hundred thousand inhaState Convention was held at Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, when the members said, in a resolution :--We will, by of the Constitution. Such utterances in the great State of Pennsylvania, and similar ones elsewhere, by the chosen represen
Little Rock (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
and lying between it and Louisiana, is Arkansas, a rapidly growing Cotton-producing State. The people were mostly of the planting class, and were generally attached to the Union; and it was only by a rigorous system of terrorism that they were finally placed in an attitude of rebellion. An emissary of treason, named Hubbard, was sent into Arkansas at the middle of December, by the Alabama conspirators. He was permitted to address the State Legislature December 20, 1860. assembled at Little Rock, when he assured them that Alabama would soon secede, whether other States did or did not, and advised Arkansas to do the same. Ten days afterward there was an immense assemblage of the people at, Van Buren, on the Arkansas River, in the extreme western part of the State. They resolved, on that occasion, that separate State action would be unwise, and that co-operation was desirable. It was evident, from many tests, that nine-tenths of the people were averse to the application of seces
Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
eed, authorize a convention; but directed that the people, when they elected delegates for it, should vote on the question of Convention or No Convention. The delegates were elected, January 28, 1861. one hundred and twenty in number, eighty-two of whom were Unionists; at the same time, the people decided not to have a convention. The Legislature also appointed delegates to the Peace Congress at Washington; also, commissioners to represent the State in the proposed General Convention at Montgomery, but with instructions to act only as mediators to endeavor to bring about a reconciliation. They also declared, by resolution, February 4. that if peace negotiations should fail, North Carolina would go with the Slave-labor States. They provided for the arming of ten thousand volunteers, and the reorganization of the militia of the State. Further than this the legislative branch of the State Government refused to go at that time, and the people, determined to avoid war if possible, ke
Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
sounded with the ring of the true metal of loyalty and positiveness of character, which he displayed throughout the war that ensued. He counseled forbearance, and kindness, and a conciliatory spirit; proposed the repeal of the Personal Liberty Act of that State, if it was in contravention of any law of Congress; and denounced the till wicked doings of the conspirators and their servants. Two days afterward, the Legislature, by resolutions, approved of the conduct of Major Anderson in Charleston harbor, and of Governor Hicks, in Maryland. In another series of resolutions, passed on the 24th, it severely rebuked the conduct of the South Carolinians; declared that the Constitution gave the Government full power to maintain its authority, and Andrew G. Curtin. pledged the faith and power of Pennsylvania to the support of all such measures as might be required to put down insurrection, saying:--All plots, conspiracies, and warlike preparations against the United States, in any sectio
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
emocratic Convention at Albany--American Society for promoting National Union, 207. action in New Jersey, 208. great meeting in Philadelphia, 209. action of the Pennsylvania Legislature, 210. patrnored at Fort Sumter, their patriotism was most conspicuous, as we shall observe hereafter. New Jersey, intimately connected with New York, was the theater of early movements in relation to secessimmissioners to confer with sister States on the great topic of the time. The Legislature of New Jersey met at Trenton, the capital, on the 8th of January. The Governor, Charles S. Olden, in his mee Committee on National Affairs reported a series of resolutions as the sense of the people of New Jersey, the vital point of which was the indorsement of, the Crittenden Compromise. They were adopteits authority everywhere within the limits of the Republic, and pledged the faith and power of New Jersey in aid of that Government, to any required.extent. This pledge the people of that State nobly
Arkansas (United States) (search for this): chapter 8
that they were finally placed in an attitude of rebellion. An emissary of treason, named Hubbard, was sent into Arkansas at the middle of December, by the Alabama conspirators. He was permitted to address the State Legislature December 20, 1860. assembled at Little Rock, when he assured them that Alabama would soon secede, whether other States did or did not, and advised Arkansas to do the same. Ten days afterward there was an immense assemblage of the people at, Van Buren, on the Arkansas River, in the extreme western part of the State. They resolved, on that occasion, that separate State action would be unwise, and that co-operation was desirable. It was evident, from many tests, that nine-tenths of the people were averse to the application of secession as a remedy for alleged evils. On the 16th, the Legislature of Arkansas provided for the submission of the question of a State Convention to the people, and if they should decide to have one, the Governor was directed to a
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