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The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States formed the compact, acting as sovereign and independent communities.
The Constitution has admitted the jurisdiction of the United States within the limits of the several States only so far as the delegated powers authorize; beyond that they are intruders, and may rightfully be expelled.
The government of the uncontrolled numerical majority, is but the absolute and despotic form of popular government...
If we do not defend ourselves none will defend us; if we yield we will be more and more pressed as we recede; and if we submit we will be trampled underfoot. ---- John C. Calhoun
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2007, 01:42:46 am » |
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Joseph Johnston on July 19, 1864 commenting on his replacement as commanding general of the Army of Tennessee by John B. Hood:
"Confident language by a military commander is not usually regarded as evidence of competency."
"Confederacys Last Hurrah", Wiley Sword, page 31.
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2007, 08:33:26 am » |
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Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1864, approx 2 miles south of Franklin, Tn, about 3:00pm, just before the charge on well-entrenched Federal troops:
" Well, general, there will not be many of us that will get back to Arkansas." ... Confederate General Daniel C. Govan to General Cleburne
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2007, 08:35:58 am » |
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" Well, Govan, if we are to die, let us die like men" ...General Patrick Cleburne's reply. He would die in that charge.
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2007, 12:20:03 am » |
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Henry Adams served as secretary to his father who was a diplomat stationed in London during the war.
He wondered "whether any of us will ever be able to live contented in times of peace and laziness. Our generation has been stirred up from its lowest layers and there is that in its history which will stamp every member of it until we are all in our graves. We cannot be commonplace....One does every day and without a second thought, what at another time would be the event of a year, perhaps a life."
From "The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of The Civil War By Writers and Reporters Of The New York Times." page VIII in the Introduction.
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2007, 01:34:26 am » |
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"My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me."
Stonewall Jackson
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2007, 01:37:44 am » |
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"Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard. Not half of them get there."
Abraham Lincoln
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« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2007, 01:39:52 am » |
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"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2007, 01:42:17 am » |
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"Horses and men, living and dead were mingled together on the field...but it was horrid and it made my heart sick to see it."
Dennis Tuttle, 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, following the Battle of Gettysburg - Pearce Collection Letters
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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2007, 01:48:07 am » |
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"Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche."
Gov. Sam Houston-Texas
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