American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)
History
American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.
Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)
Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
July. The Convention passed an ordinance to the effect that any citizen
of Virginia holding office under the Government of the United States
after the 31st of July, 1861, should be forever banished from the State,
and be declared an alien enemy. Also that any citizen of Virginia,
hereafter undertaking to represent the State of Virginia in the Congress
of the United States, should, in addition to the above penalties, be
considered guilty of treason, and his property be liable to
confiscation. A provision was inserted exempting from the penalties of
the act all officers of the United States outside of the United States,
or of the Confederate States, until after July 1st, 1862.
KENTUCKY.
December 12th, 1860. Indiana militia offer their services to quell
servile insurrection. Gov. Magoffin declines accepting them.
January 17th, 1861. Legislature convened.
22d. The House by a vote of 87 to 6 resolved to resist the invasion of
the South at all hazards.
27th. Legislature adopted the Virginia resolutions requiring the Federal
Government to protect Slavery in the Territories and to guarantee the
right of transit of slaves through the Free States.
February 2d. The Senate passed by a vote of 25 to 11, resolutions
appealing to the Southern States to stop the revolution, protesting
against Federal coercion and providing that the Legislature reassemble
on the 24th of April to hear the responses from sister States, also in
favor of making an application to call a National Convention for
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, also by a
vote of 25 to 14 declared it inexpedient at this time to call a State
Convention.
5th. The House by a vote of 54 to 40 passed the above resolutions.
March 22d. State Rights Convention assembled. Adopted resolutions
denouncing any attempt on the part of the Government to collect revenue
as coercion; and affirming that, in case of any such attempt, the border
States should make common cause with the Southern Confederacy. They also
recommended a border State Convention.
April 24th. Gov. Magoffin called an extra session of the Legislature.
May 20th. Gov. Magoffin issued a neutrality proclamation.
September 11th. The House of Representatives by a vote of 71 to 26,
adopted a resolution directing the Governor to issue a proclamation
ordering the Confederate troops to evacuate Kentucky soil. The Governor
vetoed the resolution, which was afterwards passed over his veto, and
accordingly he issued the required proclamation.
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