Keyword: civilwar
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THE LATEST REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. The Special Committee of Thirteen Ordered in the Senate. A Plan of Compromise Submitted by Senator Lane, of Oregon. Mr. Crittenden Proposes to Restore the Missouri Compromise. INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. The South Carolina Convention in Charleston. APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES, An Inquiry Relative to the Federal Property in the State. OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Conservative men find little cause for confidence in the speech of Mr. CRITTENDEN, or in the manner in which it was received. There was no indication of a disposition on the part of the Republicans to...
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IMPORTANT FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. Speech of Hon. Benjamin Wade, of Ohio, in the Senate. His Exposition of the Principles and Intentions of the Republican Party. PEACEABLE SECESSION AN IMPOSSIBILITY. More Conciliatory Propositions in the House. Probable Break-up of the Special Committee. The Secession Movement in South Carolina. MEETING OF THE STATE CONVENTION. Organization and Adjournment to Charleston. WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec. 17. The Senate was densely packed to-day to hear Mr. WADE, as it was supposed that he would speak in some degree for the incoming Administration. Not only were the immense galleries crowded, but all the lobbies and ante-rooms...
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“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to...
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this is a hypothetical scenario, about how a civil war might start, which has been lurking in the back of my mind lately. i do not think it is the worst case scenario but it is still very scary and so of course i hope none of it happens. however by way of illustration i include some financial details along with the larger context of a situation which imho could in theory unravel relatively quickly-- basically before most people and institutions can react to protect their investments. now through jan. 17th - trump continues to test the boundaries, but gains...
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WASHINGTON, Sunday, Dec. 16. In my dispatch of Friday, I am made to say, in speaking of the rumors as to the cause of Secretary CASS' resignation, "all these rumors are untrue." It should have been, "two" of them are untrue. The other -- the refusal of the President to send troops to Charleston -- was the cause of the withdrawal of Gen. CASS from the Cabinet, as his letter to Mr. BUCHANAN proves. I understand that the President's reply is in course of preparation, and that it will be very severe upon the late Premier. It appears that Gen....
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WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 14. The resignation of Secretary CASS created a great sensation in political circles here. Although it was rumored early this morning, it was not consummated till late this afternoon. Various causes have been assigned. One report attributes it to the President's course towards Peru, in refusing to. arbitrate our difficulties, and withdrawing Mr. CLAY. Another says it was because the President refused to send troops to strengthen the garrison at Fort Moultrie; and still another, to escape the odium attaching to the Administration, which he charges with complicity in the secession programme. All these reports are untrue,...
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WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. 13. A dispatch, signed by REAGAN of Texas, HINDMAN of Arkansas, LANDRUM of Louisiana, all the Mississippi members, all the Alabama members but HOUSTON and COBB, all the Georgians except HILL and HARDMAN, all the South Carolinians here, and by Mr. RUFFIN of North Carolina, was this evening sent South to their respective constituents, declaring that there is no hope whatever for conciliation or settlement, and urging prompt action and immediate secession. The above fact came to the knowledge of the Committee of Thirty-three while in session, and while Mr. KELLOGG was speaking. He immediately suspended his...
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Hon. W.L. YANCEY -- Dear Sir: You will see from my last letter that I have no faith in the validity or sincerity of the reasons assigned for a secession of the Southern States. The motive for that movement is neither the failure of the North to surrender fugitive slaves, nor the enactment of Personal Liberty bills, nor the practical inability of Southern slaveholders to take their slaves into the Territories of the United States. If you could have full and sufficient guarantees upon every one of these points you would be just as zealous, though not perhaps so sanguine,...
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NASHVILLE, Dec. 6, 1860. DEAR SIR: Could I have flattered myself that any argument that I could address to the mass meeting appointed for the 29th ult., at Vicksburgh, would contribute in any important degree to aid you and your compatriots in staying the progress of the sentiment which threatens to precipitate your State into a political vortex which, in my judgment, would be no less fatal to her own interests than ruinous to those of her neighbors, I would, at any personal sacrifice, have obeyed the summons of my friends; but feeling no such confidence in my ability to...
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is now one of 126 House Republicans who have signed on to back Texas’ lawsuit attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election. Many Republicans are signing onto the case. The suit from the Texas attorney general, Republican Ken Paxton, demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be invalidated. The Texas lawsuit claims that the authority to hold an election comes from the U.S. Constitution and therefore any election practice that violates the constitution (such as equal protection) is not permissible. At least 18 different states are...
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WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec. 10. The debate in the Senate to-day seems to augur rather badly for the preservation of the Union. The speech of Gen. DAVIS, while it was dignified and parliamentary, was well calculated to obliterate the last hope for conciliation. The speeches delivered by Senator IVERSON, and others of his calibre, do much to aid the Union cause, but the cool, deliberate, dignified remarks of the Mississippi Senator are truly dangerous, and are to be deeply regretted. Never has the Senate appeared before so impressed with its responsibility. When Senator DOUGLAS announced that he ignored party, the galleries...
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CNN getting bored by all the shopworn Trump/Hitler analogies? Searching for a new metaphor with which to attack the president? On this morning's New Day, co-host John Berman strained logic and analogy beyond the breaking point by claiming that in joining the Texas lawsuit challenging election results in other states, President Trump has somehow made himself . . . the equivalent of the secessionist slave states in the Civil War!Get the rest of the story and view the video.
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WASHINGTON, Saturday, Dec. 8. The Senators from the Slaveholding States are in conference to-day at the Capitol, in reference to the political state of the country. The meeting is without respect to party. WASHINGTON, Sunday, Dec. 9. The only result of the Southern Senatorial caucus yesterday, was the assurance that eight States are certain to secede. Most of the Southern Senators, including Vice-President BRECKINRIDGE, were present, and the prospects of the country were freely discussed. A large majority considered it too late to save the present Confederacy, but expressed the belief that a new Union would be speedily formed. Senator...
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CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL FINANCES. Two Millions Wanted on the First of January. The Issue of Ten Millions in Treasury Notes Necessary. LATEST FROM THE SOUTH. WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 7. The purpose of the Select Committee on the State of the Union seems to be misconceived, and Speaker PENNINGTON is denounced for not appointing representative men, who could control their respective parties. The members of the Committee are merely spokesmen for their delegations, and will act under and by their advice. Mr. HUMPHREY would hardly undertake to say what the State of New-York would be willing to do in this...
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The Civil War (1861-1865) was nothing less than a revolutionary reorganization of American government, society, and economics. It claimed almost as many lives as every other U.S. conflict combined and, by war's bloody logic, forged the nation which the Founding Fathers could not by settling once and for all lingering national questions about state sovereignty and slavery. The postwar period, however, was one of arguably greater turmoil than the war itself. This is because many men in the South did not, in fact, lay down their arms at the end of the War. What’s more, freedmen, former slaves that were...
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WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. 6. The Select Committee on the Perilous Condition of the Country was announced to-day, and will go to work and report each proposition separately, as agreed on, beginning with that of Fugitive Slaves. This, it is believed, will strengthen the conservative party in the Gulf States, and prevent separate secession. HOUSTON and COBB say their Districts will send thirty of the one hundred delegates to the Alabama Convention, pledged against, precipitation. Costa will send three, Mobile four, Green three, and Autagua one, also pledged against it. The Republicans are alive to the dangers threatening the country. SHERMAN,...
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Dec. 5. The Committee on the Judiciary had under consideration to-day the case of Judge WATROUS, of Texas. Much testimony has been adduced, tending so strongly against him that it is understood they will report soon in favor of his impeachment. Gov. HOUSTON is understood to have done much to bring about this result. I am told by a gentleman from Texas that WATROUS is understood to sympathize with the secession movement in Texas. Mr. REYNOLDS, the successor of S.M. BURROUGHS, of New-York, appeared in the House to-day and took the oath and his seat on the Republican...
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There comes a time when we no longer can accept the situation that surrounds us quietly. People want to remain civil at a time we are not being dealt with civilly. Throughout American History, there usually been two political parties and a constant give and take. Occasionally when results were close, some low-level shenanigans occurred and changed a result. 1960 and 1876 being two examples. But no one ever speculated there would be no more fee election. But this year is totally different. One political party used systematic fraud to obtain the “victory” and then has the chutzpah to say...
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