The Causes of the American Civil War

46 WALKER STREET American AMERICAN CIVIL WAR armies and navies blessings of liberty body politic British empire chaos commerce and amity commonwealth compact confederacy Congress consti constitution of 1787 corner-stone Daniel Webster debt declared dismemberment edition of Dickens enact England Englishmen ereignty established authority executive expressly federacy flag functions of sovereignty grievances Gulf of Mexico Hamilton independence individuals JOHN GILBERT Kent language league letters of marque liberty for ourselves Lincoln ment Montgomery Constitution mother country national convention national existence nullification partnership peaceably secede petty sovereignties plunged posterity President progress never surpassed rebels redress republic resume right of revolution sagacious says Justice Story seces secure the blessings slave slavery South southern sover stitution supreme law surpassed in history tariff of 1857 territory thority of government tion treaty of peace tution Union United States constitution United States government violated voted W. A. TOWNSEND Washington whole land word sovereign