The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1

Military Laws and Measures.--Agricultural Products diminished.--Manufactures flourishing.--The Call for Volunteers.--The Term of Three Years.--Improved Discipline.--The Law assa...

Conference with the Generals after the Battle.--Order to pursue the Enemy.--Evidences of a Thorough Rout.--"Sweet to die for such a Cause."--Movements of the Next Day.--What mor...

The Issue.--The American Idea of Government.--Who was responsible for the War?--Situation of Virginia.--Concentration of the Enemy against Richmond.--Our Difficulty.--Unjust Cri...

The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-'99.--Their Influence on Political Affairs.--Kentucky declares for Neutrality.--Correspondence of Governor Magoffin with the President of the Un...

Extracts from my Inaugural.--Our Financial System: Receipts and Expenditures of the First Year.--Resources, Loans, and Taxes.--Loans authorized.--Notes and Bonds.--Funding Notes...

The Coercion of Missouri.--Answers of the Governors of States to President Lincoln's Requisition for Troops.--Restoration of Forts Caswell and Johnson to the United States Gover...

The Commission to Washington City.--Arrival of Mr. Crawford.--Mr. Buchanan's Alarm.--Note of the Commissioners to the New Administration.--Mediation of Justices Nelson and Campb...

Conference with the Governor of Mississippi.--The Author censured as "too slow."--Summons to Washington.--Interview with the President.--His Message.--Movements in Congress.--Th...

Removal of the Seat of Government to Richmond.--Message to Congress at Richmond.--Confederate Forces in Virginia.--Forces of the Enemy.--Letter to General Johnston.--Combat at B...

Agitation continued.--Political Parties: their Origin, Changes, and Modifications.--Some Account of the "Popular Sovereignty," or "Non-Intervention," Theory.--Rupture of the Dem...

Meeting of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.--Adoption of a Provisional Constitution.--Election of President and Vice-President.--Notification to the Author of...

Supply of Arms at the Beginning of the War; of Powder; of Batteries; of other Articles.--Contents of Arsenals.--Other Stores, Mills, etc.--First Efforts to obtain Powder, Niter,...

African Servitude.--A Retrospect.--Early Legislation with Regard to the Slave-Trade.--The Southern States foremost in prohibiting it.--A Common Error corrected.--The Ethical Que...

Tenure of Public Property ceded by the States.--Sovereignty and Eminent Domain.--Principles asserted by Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and other States.--The Charleston Fort...

The Proclamation for Seventy-five Thousand Men by President Lincoln further examined.--The Reasons presented by him to Mankind for the Justification of his Conduct shown to be M...

A Recapitulation.--Remarkable Propositions of Mr. Gouverneur Morris in the Convention of 1787, and their Fate.--Further Testimony.--Hamilton, Madison, Washington, Marshall, etc....

If any lingering doubt could have existed as to the reservation of their entire sovereignty by the people of the respective States, when they organized the Federal Union, it wou...

Opening of the New Year.--The People in Advance of their Representatives.--Conciliatory Conduct of Southern Members of Congress.--Sensational Fictions.--Misstatements of the Cou...

The Supply of Arms; of Men.--Love of the Union.--Secessionists few.--Efforts to prevent the Final Step.--Views of the People.--Effect on their Agriculture.--Aid from African Ser...

A Retrospect.--Growth of Sectional Rivalry.--The Generosity of Virginia.--Unequal Accessions of Territory.--The Tariff and its Effects.--The Republican Convention of 1860, its R...

Maryland first approached by Northern Invasion.--Denies to United States Troops the Right of Way across her Domain.--Mission of Judge Handy.--Views of Governor Hicks.--His Procl...

The Territorial Question.--An Incident at the White House.--The Kansas and Nebraska Bill.--The Missouri Compromise abrogated in 1850, not in 1854.--Origin of "Squatter Sovereign...

False Statements of the Grounds for Separation.--Slavery not the Cause, but an Incident.--The Southern People not "Propagandists" of Slavery.--Early Accord among the States with...

The Convention of 1787.--Diversity of Opinion.--Luther Martin's Account of the Three Parties.--The Question of Representation.--Compromise effected.--Mr. Randolph's Resolutions....

The amended system of union, or confederation (the terms are employed indiscriminately and interchangeably by the statesmen of that period), devised by the Convention of 1787, a...

The Right of Secession.--The Law of Unlimited Partnerships.--The "Perpetual Union" of the Articles of Confederation and the "More Perfect Union" of the Constitution.--The Import...

Commissioners to purchase Arms and Ammunition.--My Letter to Captain Semmes.--Resignations of Officers of United States Navy.--Our Destitution of Accessories for the Supply of N...

Protests against the Conduct of the Government of the United States.--Senator Douglas's Proposition to evacuate the Forts, and Extracts from his Speech in Support of it.--Genera...

The Original Confederation.--"Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union."--Their Inadequacy ascertained.--Commercial Difficulties.--The Conference at Annapolis.--Recommendat...

Early Foreshadowings.--Opinions of Mr. Madison and Mr. Rufus King.--Safeguards provided.--Their Failure.--State Interposition.--The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.--Their End...

The Preamble to the Constitution--subject continued.--Growth of the Federal Government and Accretions of Power.--Revival of Old Errors.--Mistakes and Misstatements.--Webster, St...

Mississippi was the second State to withdraw from the Union, her ordinance of secession being adopted on the 9th of January, 1861. She was quickly followed by Florida on the 10t...

The Constitution not adopted by one People "in the Aggregate."--A Great Fallacy exposed.--Mistake of Judge Story.--Colonial Relations.--The United Colonies of New England.--Othe...

Northern Protests against Coercion.--The "New York Tribune," Albany "Argus," and "New York Herald."--Great Public Meeting in New York.--Speeches of Mr. Thayer, ex-Governor Seymo...

Preparations for withdrawal from the Union.--Northern Precedents.--New England Secessionists.--Cabot, Pickering, Quincy, etc.--On the Acquisition of Louisiana.--The Hartford Con...

Verbal Cavils and Criticisms.--"Compact," "Confederacy," "Accession," etc.--The "New Vocabulary."--The Federal Constitution a Compact, and the States acceded to it.--Evidence of...

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general...

A Pause and a Review.--Attitude of the Two Parties.--Sophistry exposed and Shams torn away.--Forbearance of the Confederate Government.--Who was the Aggressor?--Major Anderson's...

Temper of the Southern People indicated by the Action of the Confederate Congress.--The Permanent Constitution.--Modeled after the Federal Constitution.--Variations and Special...

A Bond of Union necessary after the Declaration of Independence.--Articles of Confederation.--The Constitution of the United States.--The Same Principle for obtaining Grants of...

Brigadier-General Henry A. Wise takes command in Western Virginia.--His Movements.--Advance of General John B. Floyd.--Defeats the Enemy.--Attacked by Rosecrans.--Controversy be...

Reëlection to the Senate.--Political Controversies in Mississippi.--Action of the Democratic State Convention.--Defeat of the State-Rights Party.--Withdrawal of General Quitman...

It would be only adding to a superabundance of testimony to quote further from the authors of the Constitution in support of the principle, unquestioned in that generation, that...

Failure of the Peace Congress.--Treatment of the Commissioners.--Their Withdrawal.--Notice of an Armed Expedition.--Action of the Confederate Government.--Bombardment and Surren...

The Peace Conference.--Demand for "a Little Bloodletting."--Plan proposed by the Conference.--Its Contemptuous Reception and Treatment in the United States Congress.--Failure of...

"The term 'sovereign' or 'sovereignty,'" says Judge Story, "is used in different senses, which often leads to a confusion of ideas, and sometimes to very mischievous and unfound...

The first session of the Thirty-first Congress (1849-'50) was a memorable one. The recent acquisition from Mexico of New Mexico and California required legislation by Congress....

The Author enters the Cabinet.--Administration of the War Department.--Surveys for a Pacific Railway.--Extension of the Capitol.--New Regiments organized.--Colonel Samuel Cooper...

Early Acts of the Confederate Congress.--Laws of the United States continued in Force.--Officers of Customs and Revenue continued in Office.--Commission to the United States.--N...

The alternative to secession is coercion. That is to say, if no such right as that of secession exists--if it is forbidden or precluded by the Constitution--then it is a wrong;...

The object of this work has been from historical data to show that the Southern States had rightfully the power to withdraw from a Union into which they had, as sovereign commun...

Military Laws and Measures.--Agricultural Products diminished.--Manufactures flourishing.--The Call for Volunteers.--The Term of Three Years.--Improved Discipline.--The Law assa...

Threats of Arrest.--Departure from Washington.--Indications of Public Anxiety.--"Will there be war?"--Organization of the "Army of Mississippi."--Lack of Preparations for Defens...

After being inaugurated, I proceeded to the formation of my Cabinet, that is, the heads of the executive departments authorized by the laws of the Provisional Congress. The unan...

The Coercion of Missouri.--Answers of the Governors of States to President Lincoln's Requisition for Troops.--Restoration of Forts Caswell and Johnson to the United States Gover...

Extracts from my Inaugural.--Our Financial System: Receipts and Expenditures of the First Year.--Resources, Loans, and Taxes.--Loans authorized.--Notes and Bonds.--Funding Notes...

Supply of Arms at the Beginning of the War; of Powder; of Batteries; of other Articles.--Contents of Arsenals.--Other Stores, Mills, etc.--First Efforts to obtain Powder, Niter,...

Maryland first approached by Northern Invasion.--Denies to United States Troops the Right of Way across her Domain.--Mission of Judge Handy.--Views of Governor Hicks.--His Procl...

The Supply of Arms; of Men.--Love of the Union.--Secessionists few.--Efforts to prevent the Final Step.--Views of the People.--Effect on their Agriculture.--Aid from African Ser...

The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-'99.--Their Influence on Political Affairs.--Kentucky declares for Neutrality.--Correspondence of Governor Magoffin with the President of the Un...

The Proclamation for Seventy-five Thousand Men by President Lincoln further examined.--The Reasons presented by him to Mankind for the Justification of his Conduct shown to be M...

A Retrospect.--Growth of Sectional Rivalry.--The Generosity of Virginia.--Unequal Accessions of Territory.--The Tariff and its Effects.--The Republican Convention of 1860, its R...

Conference with the Generals after the Battle.--Order to pursue the Enemy.--Evidences of a Thorough Rout.--"Sweet to die for such a Cause."--Movements of the Next Day.--What mor...

The Territorial Question.--An Incident at the White House.--The Kansas and Nebraska Bill.--The Missouri Compromise abrogated in 1850, not in 1854.--Origin of "Squatter Sovereign...

Tenure of Public Property ceded by the States.--Sovereignty and Eminent Domain.--Principles asserted by Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and other States.--The Charleston Fort...

The Issue.--The American Idea of Government.--Who was responsible for the War?--Situation of Virginia.--Concentration of the Enemy against Richmond.--Our Difficulty.--Unjust Cri...

Commissioners to purchase Arms and Ammunition.--My Letter to Captain Semmes.--Resignations of Officers of United States Navy.--Our Destitution of Accessories for the Supply of N...

False Statements of the Grounds for Separation.--Slavery not the Cause, but an Incident.--The Southern People not "Propagandists" of Slavery.--Early Accord among the States with...

A Bond of Union necessary after the Declaration of Independence.--Articles of Confederation.--The Constitution of the United States.--The Same Principle for obtaining Grants of...

Failure of the Peace Congress.--Treatment of the Commissioners.--Their Withdrawal.--Notice of an Armed Expedition.--Action of the Confederate Government.--Bombardment and Surren...

The Commission to Washington City.--Arrival of Mr. Crawford.--Mr. Buchanan's Alarm.--Note of the Commissioners to the New Administration.--Mediation of Justices Nelson and Campb...

Conference with the Governor of Mississippi.--The Author censured as "too slow."--Summons to Washington.--Interview with the President.--His Message.--Movements in Congress.--Th...

The Constitution not adopted by one People "in the Aggregate."--A Great Fallacy exposed.--Mistake of Judge Story.--Colonial Relations.--The United Colonies of New England.--Othe...

The Right of Secession.--The Law of Unlimited Partnerships.--The "Perpetual Union" of the Articles of Confederation and the "More Perfect Union" of the Constitution.--The Import...

Opening of the New Year.--The People in Advance of their Representatives.--Conciliatory Conduct of Southern Members of Congress.--Sensational Fictions.--Misstatements of the Cou...

Protests against the Conduct of the Government of the United States.--Senator Douglas's Proposition to evacuate the Forts, and Extracts from his Speech in Support of it.--Genera...

The Convention of 1787.--Diversity of Opinion.--Luther Martin's Account of the Three Parties.--The Question of Representation.--Compromise effected.--Mr. Randolph's Resolutions....

Early Foreshadowings.--Opinions of Mr. Madison and Mr. Rufus King.--Safeguards provided.--Their Failure.--State Interposition.--The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.--Their End...

A Pause and a Review.--Attitude of the Two Parties.--Sophistry exposed and Shams torn away.--Forbearance of the Confederate Government.--Who was the Aggressor?--Major Anderson's...

Brigadier-General Henry A. Wise takes command in Western Virginia.--His Movements.--Advance of General John B. Floyd.--Defeats the Enemy.--Attacked by Rosecrans.--Controversy be...

Agitation continued.--Political Parties: their Origin, Changes, and Modifications.--Some Account of the "Popular Sovereignty," or "Non-Intervention," Theory.--Rupture of the Dem...

Meeting of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.--Adoption of a Provisional Constitution.--Election of President and Vice-President.--Notification to the Author of...

Northern Protests against Coercion.--The "New York Tribune," Albany "Argus," and "New York Herald."--Great Public Meeting in New York.--Speeches of Mr. Thayer, ex-Governor Seymo...

Temper of the Southern People indicated by the Action of the Confederate Congress.--The Permanent Constitution.--Modeled after the Federal Constitution.--Variations and Special...

African Servitude.--A Retrospect.--Early Legislation with Regard to the Slave-Trade.--The Southern States foremost in prohibiting it.--A Common Error corrected.--The Ethical Que...

Reëlection to the Senate.--Political Controversies in Mississippi.--Action of the Democratic State Convention.--Defeat of the State-Rights Party.--Withdrawal of General Quitman...

The Author enters the Cabinet.--Administration of the War Department.--Surveys for a Pacific Railway.--Extension of the Capitol.--New Regiments organized.--Colonel Samuel Cooper...

A Recapitulation.--Remarkable Propositions of Mr. Gouverneur Morris in the Convention of 1787, and their Fate.--Further Testimony.--Hamilton, Madison, Washington, Marshall, etc....

Early Acts of the Confederate Congress.--Laws of the United States continued in Force.--Officers of Customs and Revenue continued in Office.--Commission to the United States.--N...

Threats of Arrest.--Departure from Washington.--Indications of Public Anxiety.--"Will there be war?"--Organization of the "Army of Mississippi."--Lack of Preparations for Defens...

The Peace Conference.--Demand for "a Little Bloodletting."--Plan proposed by the Conference.--Its Contemptuous Reception and Treatment in the United States Congress.--Failure of...

Removal of the Seat of Government to Richmond.--Message to Congress at Richmond.--Confederate Forces in Virginia.--Forces of the Enemy.--Letter to General Johnston.--Combat at B...

Preparations for Withdrawal from the Union.--Northern Precedents.--New England Secessionists.--Cabot, Pickering, Quincy, etc.--On the Acquisition of Louisiana.--The Hartford Con...

The Original Confederation.--"Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union."--Their Inadequacy ascertained.--Commercial Difficulties.--The Conference at Annapolis.--Recommendat...

The Preamble to the Constitution--subject continued.--Growth of the Federal Government and Accretions of Power.--Revival of Old Errors.--Mistakes and Misstatements.--Webster, St...

Verbal Cavils and Criticisms.--"Compact," "Confederacy," "Accession," etc.--The "New Vocabulary."--The Federal Constitution a Compact, and the States acceded to it.--Evidence of...