Reports of the Select Committee of Five, on the Following Subjects, Band 5 |
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... recent removal of arms from the arsenals and armories , is communicated in the accompanying report of the chief of ordnance , narked A. In reply to the resolution offered by Mr. Howard , SEIZURE OF FORTS , ARSENALS , ETC. 83.
... recent removal of arms from the arsenals and armories , is communicated in the accompanying report of the chief of ordnance , narked A. In reply to the resolution offered by Mr. Howard , SEIZURE OF FORTS , ARSENALS , ETC. 83.
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... ordnance , marked B , with its accompaniments , and the copies of despatches from Major Haskin , recently commanding at Baron Rouge barracks , and from Captain Elzey , recently in command of the Augusta arsenal , also enclosed , contain ...
... ordnance , marked B , with its accompaniments , and the copies of despatches from Major Haskin , recently commanding at Baron Rouge barracks , and from Captain Elzey , recently in command of the Augusta arsenal , also enclosed , contain ...
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... ordnance ordered on the 22d ultimo from the Allegheny arsenal , near Pittsburg , Pennsylvania , viz : 21 10 - inch and 21 8 - inch colum- biads , and 4 32 - pounder guns ordered to Ship island , Mississippi , for a fort in course of ...
... ordnance ordered on the 22d ultimo from the Allegheny arsenal , near Pittsburg , Pennsylvania , viz : 21 10 - inch and 21 8 - inch colum- biads , and 4 32 - pounder guns ordered to Ship island , Mississippi , for a fort in course of ...
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... ordnance will vacate the arsenal immedi- ately , which will be occupied by the State troops . Signed in duplicate at Baton Rouge this the 11th day of January , A. D. 1861 . THOMAS O. MOORE , Governor of the State of Louisiana . J. A. ...
... ordnance will vacate the arsenal immedi- ately , which will be occupied by the State troops . Signed in duplicate at Baton Rouge this the 11th day of January , A. D. 1861 . THOMAS O. MOORE , Governor of the State of Louisiana . J. A. ...
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... Ordnance depot , St. Augustine , Florida . I. Ordnance Sergeant Henry Douglas , St. Augustine , Florida , January 7 , 1861 , reporting seizure of Fort Marion , magazines , and ordnance stores deposited therein , by troops acting under ...
... Ordnance depot , St. Augustine , Florida . I. Ordnance Sergeant Henry Douglas , St. Augustine , Florida , January 7 , 1861 , reporting seizure of Fort Marion , magazines , and ordnance stores deposited therein , by troops acting under ...
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12th instant a. m. to-morrow amendment arms ARNOLD ELZEY arsenal authorities of South bill Captain Chairman laid Cochrane committee met pursuant communication Congress Constitution convention copy Crittenden compromise custom-house Dawes December December 29 deem demand duty existing F. C. Humphreys favor February federal government following papers following witness Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter forts harbor of Charleston hereby honor House of Representatives HOWARD ISAAC TOUCEY JAMES BUCHANAN January January 24 JOHN SLIDELL letter Major Anderson members present ment military militia MOUNT VERNON ARSENAL navy yard obedient servant ordinance of secession Ordnance office papers were received person Petition of citizens possession President proposition protection public property pursuant to adjournment question re-enforcements referred reply request respectfully revenue cutter revenue laws Reynolds seceded Secretary Secretary of War seized senators ship or vessel South Carolina Sumter surrender thereof tion Treasury Union United vessel and cargo WILLIAM AIKEN
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Seite 15 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 37 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Seite 16 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Seite 4 - INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Seite 38 - that in all cases of insurrection or obstruction to the laws, either of the United States or of any individual State or Territory, where it is lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection or of causing the...
Seite 15 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America.
Seite 5 - States and the laws made in pursuance thereof are the supreme law of the land, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 19 - I would have done had I entered into a positive and formal agreement with parties capable of contracting, although such an agreement would have been, on my part, from the nature of my official duties, impossible. The world knows that I have never sent any reinforcements to the forts in Charleston Harbor, and I have certainly never authorized any change to be made " in their relative military status.
Seite 16 - Carolina, and also for an apportionment of the public debt, and for a division of all other property held by the Government of the United States as agent of the confederated States of which South Carolina was recently a member; and generally to negotiate as to all other measures and arrangements proper to be made and adopted in the existing relation of the parties, and for the continuance of peace and amity between this Commonwealth and the Government at Washington.
Seite 20 - Under these circumstances it is clear that Major Anderson acted upon his own responsibility, and without authority, unless, indeed, he had " tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act" on the part of the authorities of South Carolina, which has not yet been alleged.