. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . sted by the fire of December, 1861. Here the vote was taken on December20, 1860, declaring that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under the name of the United States ofAmerica is hereby dissolved. The secession convention was composed of the most experienced men in the State—men who had repre-sented it in the national Congress, judges in the highest courts, eminent divines, and wealthy planters. On the fourth day of its ses-sion, at twelve oclock, the ordinance quoted from above was read with flas
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . sted by the fire of December, 1861. Here the vote was taken on December20, 1860, declaring that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under the name of the United States ofAmerica is hereby dissolved. The secession convention was composed of the most experienced men in the State—men who had repre-sented it in the national Congress, judges in the highest courts, eminent divines, and wealthy planters. On the fourth day of its ses-sion, at twelve oclock, the ordinance quoted from above was read with flashing eyes by the venerable judge of chancery, ChancellorInglis. At a quarter past one it was passed unanimously. The doorkeeper passed the word to the policeman without; he called to an-other, and so on until the sentinel at the massive iron gate proclaimed it to the impatient populace. The bells in every rocking steeplemingled their notes with the shouts of the excited throngs that filled the streets. There was no dissent in the secession sentiments EVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THOUGH DARKENED WITH SULPHUR THE CHARLESTON RAILROAD DEPOT. DESTROYED BY EXPLOSION IN 1865
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