. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Coast. THE CAPTURE OF FORT SUMTER 185 upon the commerce of the United States. The Con-federates represented Mr. Lincolns proclamation as in-volving a recognition of belligerent rights and of in-dependence. Mr. Seward, on the other hand, instructedthe ministers of the United States to foreign nations tosay that it was meant simply as a means of suppressinginsurrection. The text of the proclamation supportsthis interpretation. It declares the amenability ofpersons acting under the letters of marque of the Con-federate President to the laws of the
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . Coast. THE CAPTURE OF FORT SUMTER 185 upon the commerce of the United States. The Con-federates represented Mr. Lincolns proclamation as in-volving a recognition of belligerent rights and of in-dependence. Mr. Seward, on the other hand, instructedthe ministers of the United States to foreign nations tosay that it was meant simply as a means of suppressinginsurrection. The text of the proclamation supportsthis interpretation. It declares the amenability ofpersons acting under the letters of marque of the Con-federate President to the laws of the United States inreference to the crime of piracy. The North Carolina Legislature made a great adoover the supplementary proclamation of the 27th, ex-tending the blockade to the ports in ,that North It immediately issued the Una eeces810n-call for a convention, ordered the election of delegatesto the convention upon the 13th of the followingmonth (May), and fixed the date of its assembly for the20th. It sent a representative t
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