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South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession along with the discussions before & after...
South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession along with the discussions before & after...
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December 25, 1860
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, Dec. 25, 1860 A simply wonderfully historic issue as over half of page 2 is headed: "South Carolina- Proceedings of The Convention" for December 20, which was date that South Carolina formally seceded from the Union.
True to the reporting style of this newspaper, there is great, detailed, verbatim reporting on the events of that fateful day, and not surprisingly includes the full text of the Ordinance of Secession. It is prefaced with: "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the United States of America' ". What follows is the notable text of the Ordinance: "We, the People of the State of South Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of the State, ratifying amendments of the said Constitution hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America", is hereby dissolved."
This document was printed in the issue of December 21 as well but it was not surrounded with the lengthy reporting of the events immediately preceding it and following it, which helps put the secession document in perspective.
Terrific to have these reports in this notable newspaper from the nation's capital.
Four pages, large folio size, archivally rejoined at the spine, a piece from the right margin of the back leaf affects just a few words in an article not mentioned above. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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