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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.386 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | State sovereignty and the doctrine of coercion, by the Hon. Wm. D. Porter, of Charleston, S. C. together with a letter from Hon. J. K. Paulding, former Sec. of Navy |
| Date | 1860 |
| Author | Porter, Wm. D. (William Dennison) (1810-1883) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Includes the instructions, "Read and send to your Neighbor" on title page. Also includes designation: "1860 Association. Tract No. 2." Porter opens with, "The recent speech of Mr. Douglas at Norfolk, in which he threatened the Southern States with military coercion in the event of secession, ought to startle and arouse the people of those States, like the blast of a hostile trumpet at midnight!" Paulding, in a letter dated 6 September 1851, discusses secession. |
| Subjects | Secession Navy Confederate States of America Election Politics Government and Civics Military History Civil War |
| People | Porter, Wm. D. (William Dennison) (1810-1883) Paulding, James Kirke (1778-1860) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |