...authority of the Legislature of that State, by a unanimous vote declared ' that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under...the United States of America, is hereby dissolved ; ' and the action already taken in several other Southern States indicates, most clearly, their intention...

...seceded in convention, Dec. 10, 1860, and declared " The union now subsisting between South Carolina, and other states under the name of ' The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." A placard, printed half an hour after the vote was taken, being a copy of the secession ordinance and...

...said Constitution are hereby repealed; and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved." December 21st, Commissioners were appointed to proceed to Washington to treat with the United States...

...State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under...United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." The fatal plunge was thus taken, and how to avert the untold calamity it portended was the first object...

...State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under...United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." The fatal plunge was thus taken, and how to avert the untold calamity it portended was the first object...

...the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved." No discussion followed the submission of this ordinance to the consideration of the Convention. At...

...said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of " The United States of America," is hereby dissolved. December 22. The Senate Committee of thirteen rejected the "Crittenden Compromise." It contained the...

...assembled at Charleston, and after three days of deliberation passed a resolution that the union hitherto existing between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the United States of America, was dissolved. It was a step of fearful importance. The action was contagious. The sentiment...

...said Constitution, are hereby repealed ; and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved." 13. The Ordinance was based expressly upon the grounds that " the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,...

...said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is herety dissolved." So little did these men comprehend the difficulty of the enterprise in which they...