The directors determined to offer a prize of five hundred pounds for the best locomotive-engine which on a certain day should be produced on the
The First Railroad
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Better Locomotion Needed.IntroductionThis story by Samuel Smiles has the
Do Not Break Our Invisible Bonds
Today's installment concludes South Secedes from the United Statesthe name of our combined selection from Jefferson Davis, John Hay and by John
No State Can Leave Union
To those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak?Today we continue South Secedes from the United Stateswith a selection from Inaugural
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.Today we continue South Secedes from
South Carolina Secedes
When the certain news of Lincoln's election finally came, it was hailed with joy and acclamation by both the leaders and the people of South Carolina.
Secession Planning Before the Election
A caucus of prominent South Carolina leaders is said to have been held on October 25, at the residence of Senator Hammond.Continuing South Secedes
A Covenant With Hell
All this, it must be admitted, was quite consistent with the oft repeated declaration that the Constitution was a “covenant with hell,” which stood as
Results of the 1860 Election
Few, if any, then doubted the right of a State to withdraw its grants delegated to the Federal Government, or, in other words, to secede from the