THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATION. RE-PRINTED FROM THE "NORTH CHESHIRE HERALD," NOVEMBER 21ST, 1863.
[London? Manchester? 1863 or 1864]. Broadside, 10-3/4" x 13-5/8," printed in four columns, each column separated by a rule. Lower portion of left margin trimmed but not near any text. Old folds. Very Good.
England's cotton connection with the American South inclined many British subjects to support the Confederacy. Support for the South's free trade policies was in England's economic interests, since England was heavily dependent on cotton imports.
This broadside Address by T. B. Kershaw argues that secession was explicitly authorized by the Ordinances of Virginia and other States-- including Massachusetts-- adopting the Constitution. Virginia's Ordinance of 1788 asserted that its sovereign powers "may be resumed whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby remains with them, and at their will. . ."
Not located on OCLC as of June 2026. Not in Sabin, Bartlett, LCP. Item #42094
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