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Tag Archives: secession
Let Them Go!
More Evidence of Dis-united North A month after South Carolina officially seceded from the Union Wendell Phillips, a well-known abolitionist, gave a speech in Boston. The main idea: if a state wants to secede, let it. From The New-York Times … Continue reading
Stoical in Springfield
I. 150 years ago this week there was news from Springfield, Illinois about President-elect Abraham Lincoln. He entertained some visitors: SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 13. … Mr. LINCOLN was presented this forenoon with a gold-headed rosewood cane, valued at $250, … Continue reading
Fort Sumter: Cookin’ With Rubbish
Major Anderson “Patient” during Star of the West incident; South Carolina decides against Commandeering the Marion (After Starting to Saw It Up; but It Was Refurbished) From The New-York Times January 19, 1861: THE CONDITION OF FORT SUMTER. The steamer … Continue reading
Secession Logic: What Constitutional Convention?
85 Years of Sovereign Independence? From The New-York Times January 18, 1861: HOW VESSELS ARE CLEARED AT THE CHARLESTON CUSTOM-HOUSE. Some curiosity exists as to the forms at present adopted at the Charleston Custom-House for clearing vessels. We have been … Continue reading
Savannah’s “Rattlesnake Club”
From The New-York Times January 16, 1861: AFFAIRS IN SAVANNAH.; TESTIMONY OF A N0RTHERN MECHANIC CONCERNING THINGS IN SAVANNAH. … Our informant — who had engaged in a mechanical business — was warned out of the city by one of … Continue reading
The High Cost of Freedom
From The New-York Times January 15, 1861: THE EXPENSES OF SECESSION. — The Columbia South Carolinian publishes an ordinance just passed by the City Council “to raise supplies for the year 1861.” Besides a tax of 85 cents on every … Continue reading
More Treason: Georgetown, South Carolina
From The New-York Times January 14, 1861: Disunion Leading the Way. The following paragraph from the Charleston Mercury shows that the Disunionists in South Carolina neither halt nor hesitate in carrying their doctrines to their legitimate results: ARREST FOR TREASON. … Continue reading
Virginian Would Sink U.S. Navy
The January 14, 1861 edition of The New-York Times included a report of proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives. During debate on a naval appropriations bill Virginia Congressman Roger Atkinson Pryor made a statement (The Times January 14, 1861): … Continue reading
Brooklyn Painters Impressed
Into South Carolina’s Army Folks, there is so much going on (150 years ago) – I’m glad the “Daily News” sites are teaching us so much about the events in January 1861. From The New-York Times January 12, 1861: EXPERIENCES … Continue reading
Commemorating the Battle of New Orleans
While More Southern States Get Ready to Secede It seems that many northern cities and states in 1861 were intensifying their celebrations of the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans. From The New-York Times January 8, 1861: THE … Continue reading
