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Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2)

CHAPTER XI
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The fifth and last demand was, that Congress should pass efficient laws for the punishment of all persons in any of the States who should in any manner aid or abet invasion or insurrection in any other State, or commit any other act against the law of nations tending to disturb the tranquility of the people or government of any other State.

Without the concession of these points Mr.Toombs said the Union could not be maintained.

If some satisfactory arrangement should not be made, he was for immediate action.

"We are," he said, "as ready to fight now as we ever shall be.

I will have equality or war." He denounced Mr.Lincoln as "an enemy to the human race, deserving the execration of all mankind." GEORGIA SENATORS WITHDRAW.
Three weeks later the Georgia senators withdrew.


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