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Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
ove the correctness of this statement. [This statement having been called in question, Major Daves, in the Raleigh, N. C., Post of May 24, 1901, offered the following in proof of its correctness]: States.Lincoln's Majority over all Competitors.Electoral Vote. Connecticut,10,2384 Illinois,5,63911 Indiana,5,92313 Iowa,12,4874 Maine,27,7048 Massachusetts,43,89113 Michigan,22,2136 Minnesota,9,3334 New Hampshire,9,0855 New York,50,13635 Ohio,20,77923 Pennsylvania,59,61827 Rhode Island,4,5374 Vermont,24,7725 Wisconsin,20,0405 — Total167 Fifteen States. Necessary to choice,152 — Majority,15 If it be claimed that if the three opposing candidates had withdrawn in favor of a single one to oppose Mr. Lincoln, many persons who supported the latter would have voted for such an one, Honorable Stephen A. Douglas, himself one of the candidates, gives the answer. In reply to such a proposition from Honorable Jefferson Davis, Mr. Douglas said that if he were withdrawn,
New Bedford (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
ready sailed. It is a matter of interest, and worthy of memory, that the right of secession and the duty of the United States Government to withdraw its forces from the seceded territory were admitted by very distinguished Abolitionist authority. By no less a person than Wendell Phillips of Massachusetts, the great and able Abolitionist, the silver tongued orator, the distinguished scholar, the bold, uncompromising foe of the South and of her institutions. In a speech delivered at New Bedford, Mass., on April 9th, 1861, just four days before the reduction of Fort Sumter by the Confederates, he said: Here are a series of States girding the Gulf, who think their peculiar institutions require that they should have a separate government. They have a right to decide that question without appealing to you or me. A large body of the people sufficient to make a nation, have come to the conclusion that they will have a government of a certain form. Who denies them the right? Standing wi
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
Observer, May 11, 1901. The events in North Carolina during the administration of Governor J. Wund, passed to his final reward. How many North Carolina boys were with him there, and many from hing the Ordinances of Secession by the State of North Carolina, and as an appropriate beginning, I w. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. So North Carolina was to be required to make war upon her sia free people. You can get no troops from North Carolina. I will reply more in detail when I recei the Union now subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the other States under the title America, is hereby dissolved, and the State of North Carolina is in the full possession and exerciseat Bethel in Virginia, won principally by North Carolina troops under Colonel D. H. Hill. And here of the enemy that checked the invasion of North Carolina, and gave peace to the State, within its a fields of grander strife. Governor of North Carolina. On the 7th of July, 1861, John W. Elli[15 more...]
Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
e opposing candidates; so in any case he would have had a majority of fifteen in the Electoral College even if there had been but one competitor. Examination of the official figures will prove the correctness of this statement. [This statement having been called in question, Major Daves, in the Raleigh, N. C., Post of May 24, 1901, offered the following in proof of its correctness]: States.Lincoln's Majority over all Competitors.Electoral Vote. Connecticut,10,2384 Illinois,5,63911 Indiana,5,92313 Iowa,12,4874 Maine,27,7048 Massachusetts,43,89113 Michigan,22,2136 Minnesota,9,3334 New Hampshire,9,0855 New York,50,13635 Ohio,20,77923 Pennsylvania,59,61827 Rhode Island,4,5374 Vermont,24,7725 Wisconsin,20,0405 — Total167 Fifteen States. Necessary to choice,152 — Majority,15 If it be claimed that if the three opposing candidates had withdrawn in favor of a single one to oppose Mr. Lincoln, many persons who supported the latter would have voted for such an
Edgecombe county (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
s had undermined his feeble frame. He lived to see the victory at Bethel, in June, 1861, won principally by troops organized and equipped by his untiring efforts. His death was hastened by the arduous labors and heavy responsibilities of his high office, and he died as much a martyr to the cause in which his warmest sympathies and most earnest work were enlisted, as any soldier who fell on the field of battle. Peace to his ashes! He was succeeded in office by Hon. Henry F. Clark, of Edgecombe county, who, as speaker of the State Senate, as it was then constituted, became Governor ex officio for the remainder of the term. Time will not admit of further recitation of the events that followed the passage of the Ordinance of Secession. In what has been said I have endeavored to comply with the request of the Memorial Association to narrate briefly events that happened just previously and subsequently to that ordinance, chiefly those that occurred in North Carolina. But little atte
Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
s may be seen by referring to the published vote of the State, and the proclamation of Governor Ellis announcing the same. Forts held by Federal troops. At the time of the withdrawal of South Carolina from the Union, Forts Moultrie in Charleston harbor and Pickens near Pensacola, Florida, were garrisoned and held by Federal troops. South Carolina, being no longer in the Union, sent commissioners to Washington to treat for the peaceable possession of the forts at Charleston, promising tort was restored to the Federal authorities. This is mentioned to show the excitement and intensity of feeling at the time. The government refused to evacuate Fort Sumter—although there was a promise that it should be done, and works in Charleston harbor commanding it were erected or extended, to prevent its relief or reinforcement. General Scott advised its evacuation as a military necessity, and Wm. H. Seward, Mr. Lincoln's Secretary of State, assured Judge John A. Campbell, of the Supre
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
ver shed wholly in vain, but sends a voice echoing down the ages through all time. The familiar proverb, republics are always ungrateful, must have no application here in Dixie. The subject of my address to you to-day will, at the request of the Memorial Association, be A Sketch of the Events Immediately Preceding and Following the Ordinances of Secession by the State of North Carolina, and as an appropriate beginning, I will first mention what is known as the John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, which occurred in October, 1859. This was an attempt of a narrow-minded fanatic to arm slaves and stir up servile insurrection throughout the South. He was accompanied by a few followers, two only of whom were negroes, but was countenanced and abetted by a large influence in the Northern States and was aided with money and supplies. Several citizens were killed in this dastardly outrage, as were also members of Brown's party. No negroes of the neighborhood came to his assistan
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
precedent for their acts in the following words of the Declaration of Independence itself: It is the right of the people to alter, or to abolish, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation in such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Such a new government these States organized and established at Montgomery, Ala., in February, 1861. The States of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Arkansas were not parties to this movement. It was deemed best to wait further action by the people of the Northern States, or for an overt act, as it was termed. In February, 1861, an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina submitted to the vote of our people the question of calling a convention of the people which was to take into consideration the question of the secession of the States from the Union. The interest in this matter and the excitement throughout the State were very great.
Cape Fear (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
ith and agreement, and the State at once seized and occupied all forts, arsenals and other public buildings within its borders. Other States quickly followed this example and forts in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and elsewhere were seized and garrisoned by the State government to prevent their occupation by the United States government. On the 1st of January, 1861, a committee from Wilmington waited on Governor Ellis at Raleigh and urged occupation of Fort Caswell at the mouth of the Cape Fear river. For this there was no authority, North Carolina being still in the Union, and the request was, of course, refused; but on January 9th the fort was entered and occupied by a body of men, without organization, from Wilmington and Smithville (now Southport). They were promptly ordered out by the Governor, and the fort was restored to the Federal authorities. This is mentioned to show the excitement and intensity of feeling at the time. The government refused to evacuate Fort Sumter—
Raleigh (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.45
The causes of the war 1861-5, and events of its first year. [from the Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer, May 11, 1901. The events in North Carolina during the administration of Governor J. W. Ellis. Memorial day address by Major Graham Daves, at Raleigh, N. C., May 10, 1901. The annual meeting and roll call of wakRaleigh, N. C., May 10, 1901. The annual meeting and roll call of wake county Veterans. New members Enrolled. [Major Daves was a thorough patriot and a broadly accomplished and most lovable man. He was our valued friend and correspondent for years. His death was a distinct loss to historical inquiry, and was widely lamented.—Ed.] Despite the inclement weather, Memorial day was generally obstor. Examination of the official figures will prove the correctness of this statement. [This statement having been called in question, Major Daves, in the Raleigh, N. C., Post of May 24, 1901, offered the following in proof of its correctness]: States.Lincoln's Majority over all Competitors.Electoral Vote. Connecticut,10,2
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