[PDF] A Historical Sketch Of The Formation Of The Confederacy eBook

Author : Joseph 1792-1860 Blunt
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781363222421

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Author : Joseph Blunt
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : pages
File Size : 49,4 MB
Release : 2016-05-24
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ISBN : 9781359195500

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Joseph Blunt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781333947545

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Excerpt from A Historical Sketch of the Formation of the Confederacy: Particularly With Reference to the Provincial Limits and the Jurisdiction of the General Government Over Indian Tribes and the Public Territory Portugal, however, did not acquiesce in this construe tion; but claimed the islands discovered by Columbus in his first voyage, immediately upon his return to Spain, as within the limits of the grant by Eugene lv.; and it ap pears, from a memoir addressed by Robert Thorne to the English ambassador at the court of Spain, in 1527, that the Spanish crown Offered to relinquish these discoveries to Portugal, as within that grant; provided the latter would restore to Spain the goods Ofthe Spanish Jews, that had taken refuge in Portugal, according to the treaty between the two powers, by which they had mutually agreed to restore fugitive subjects with their goods.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Joseph Hodgson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 338549494X

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Author : Jefferson Davis
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 2296 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 1881-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465512640

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A duty to my countrymen; to the memory of those who died in defense of a cause consecrated by inheritance, as well as sustained by conviction; and to those who, perhaps less fortunate, staked all, and lost all, save life and honor, in its behalf, has impelled me to attempt the vindication of their cause and conduct. For this purpose I have decided to present an historical sketch of the events which preceded and attended the struggle of the Southern States to maintain their existence and their rights as sovereign communities--the creators, not the creatures, of the General Government. The social problem of maintaining the just relation between constitution, government, and people, has been found so difficult, that human history is a record of unsuccessful efforts to establish it. A government, to afford the needful protection and exercise proper care for the welfare of a people, must have homogeneity in its constituents. It is this necessity which has divided the human race into separate nations, and finally has defeated the grandest efforts which conquerors have made to give unlimited extent to their domain. When our fathers dissolved their connection with Great Britain, by declaring themselves free and independent States, they constituted thirteen separate communities, and were careful to assert and preserve, each for itself, its sovereignty and jurisdiction. At a time when the minds of men are straying far from the lessons our fathers taught, it seems proper and well to recur to the original principles on which the system of government they devised was founded. The eternal truths which they announced, the rights which they declared "unalienable," are the foundation-stones on which rests the vindication of the Confederate cause. He must have been a careless reader of our political history who has not observed that, whether under the style of "United Colonies" or "United States," which was adopted after the Declaration of Independence, whether under the articles of Confederation or the compact of Union, there everywhere appears the distinct assertion of State sovereignty, and nowhere the slightest suggestion of any purpose on the part of the States to consolidate themselves into one body. Will any candid, well-informed man assert that, at any time between 1776 and 1790, a proposition to surrender the sovereignty of the States and merge them in a central government would have had the least possible chance of adoption? Can any historical fact be more demonstrable than that the States did, both in the Confederation and in the Union, retain their sovereignty and independence as distinct communities, voluntarily consenting to federation, but never becoming the fractional parts of a nation? That such opinions should find adherents in our day, may be attributable to the natural law of aggregation; surely not to a conscientious regard for the terms of the compact for union by the States.

Author : Jefferson Davis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
Release : 2023-05-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781915645340

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One of the most interesting and historical documents to emerge from the American Civil War, this account of that mighty and historical conflict was penned by none other than the leader of the Confederate States of America. Written in the first person, this work tells not only of the major events of the war-as experienced by the president of one of the warring sides-but also spells out the background, as seen by the South, of the origins of the conflict. Along the way it addresses the constitutional issues which lay at the heart of the war: slavery, states' rights, and the usurpation of the U.S. Constitution. Jefferson proves beyond question that the Confederacy was in fact adhering to the letter of the law of the U.S. Constitution. Most of the book however concentrates on the events which raged from 1861 to 1865, and the desperate attempts by the South to prepare for war against a far superior North. This new edition has been completely reset and contains hundreds of new footnotes to explain events, personalities, and issues, to the present-day reader. Illustrated.

Author : Lamont Buchanan
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN :

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From the first meeting of the delegates to the final surrender. Illustrations from contemporary sources.