Wednesday, May 20, 2020

North Carolina Declares Independence on May 20, 1861

Via Greg 

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Quotes On The War

“I regard the levy of troops made by the administration for the purpose of subjugating the States of the South as in violation of the Constitution and a gross usurpation of power. I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country, and to this war upon the liberties of a free people. You can get no troops from North Carolina.”
~~N.C. Gov. Ellis
In response to Lincoln’s Secretary of  War call for troops to invade South Carolina. 

Sir…I owe no allegiance to any men or set of men on earth, save only to the State of North Carolina, and, so far as she has parted with her sovereignty, to the United States of America.”...
~~Judge William Gaston
    Craven Co., N.C.

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