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"A Few Reflections on Secession," The Daily Herald, November 9, 1860

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It is thought by some persons that a dismemberment of our government is imminent, and almost inevitable; others are more sanguine as to the result of our present difficulties, but all agree that there is some cause for apprehension. The prevailing…

"The Border States Must Unite and Act!," North Carolina Standard, April 20, 1861

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The proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, which we publish to-day, has completed the sectionalization of the country. The two extremes are now arrayed against each other with warlike purposes, and the only hope for peace is in the border States. They may…

"Disunion for Existing Causes," North Carolina Standard, December 1, 1860

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A Confederacy or Union composed of the fifteen slaveholding States would, after a while, encounter some of the same difficulties which now beset the existing Union. The States south of us would produce and export cotton, while the middle or…