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Tag Archives: secession
Merry Christmas from Limbo!
It would probably be a massive understatement to say that Christmas 1860 in The United States was a time of great uncertainty. That uncertainty has been a theme of the Daily News links listed over to the right on this … Continue reading
Still Hard At It in the New Nation
From The New-York Times December 25, 1860: THE SECESSION MOVEMENT.; THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION. EVENING SESSION. CHARLESTON, Monday, Dec. 24. After prayer, a resolution was adopted inviting Gov. PERRY, of Florida, now in the city, to a seat on the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Secession and the Interregnum
Tagged secession, South Carolina
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Some Southern Reaction to South Carolina
From The New-York Times December 24, 1860: BALTIMORE, Sunday, Dec. 23. An important meeting, attended by many prominent citizens, was held at the Universalist Church last night, to consider the national crisis. Chief Justice LEGRAND presided, and JNO. U.L. MCMAHAN … Continue reading
New Nation, New Committee Name
From The New-York Times December 22, 1860: AFFAIRS IN CHARLESTON.; HOW SECESSION IS RECEIVED–GEN. CUSHING ON A SPECIAL MISSION. CHARLESTON, Friday, Dec. 21. There was a grand procession of Minute-men to-night, and several thousand citizens, strangers, firemen and military, were … Continue reading
Wise Idea: “Fight in the Union”
South Carolina has voted for secession, but not all Southerners are certain to follow the Palmetto State’s lead. Henry A. Wise was Virginia’s governor from 1856 to 1860. Here the ex-governor explains his idea of fighting Black Republicanism within the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Secession and the Interregnum
Tagged Henry A. Wise, Nullification, secession
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Oh, Those Were the Days!
Miss Claudine Rhett describes the glorious autumn of 1860 in Charleston, leading up to South Carolina’s declaration of independence. I was In Charleston all through the autumn and winter of 1860-61, when so much agitation preceded secession. The very air … Continue reading
Mail Service in the New South Carolina
As South Carolina’s Secession Convention reconvenes in Charleston, The New-York Times (December 18, 1860) takes a sardonic view of South Carolina’s attempt to set up its own Post Office: WAYS AND MEANS OF SECESSION. A Joint Committee of the South … Continue reading
Doughface Convention in New York City
Ex-president Millard Fillmore was right – there was going to be another meeting of Southern sympathizers in New York State – specifically in New York City on Saturday, December 15th. Here are excerpts from a very long article in the … Continue reading
What London (Times) Thinks
The New-York Times of December 15, 1860 published a good deal from the London Times. Here are some excerpts. The article titles link back to the complete stories in The New York Times Archive. I. We Like Those American States … Continue reading
But What About Lincoln?
From The New-York Times December 14, 1860: THE CALCULATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,; WHAT KEEPS THEIR COURAGE UP. From the Charleston Mercury ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, NEW-YORK, Dec. 6, 1860. Have been stopping here for a number of days; entered my name … Continue reading
