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President Roosevelt compares the secession of Panama with various independence movements including the American Revolution and the American Civil War. Roosevelt also discusses various newspapers and their support of either Panama or Colombia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-22
Joseph Culbertson Clayton sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of “rude lines to The New York Southern Society.” He believes the current issues of direct voting for senators, initiative, referendum, and recall are equal to that of secession during the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-07
In a letter to the editor of The Sun, the author believes that American Governors must not revive the states rights’ argument that fueled the Civil War and asserts that secession is unlawful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
The article discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s statements on morality and international justice, criticizing his foreign policy actions related to the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-09
The Republican Club in Portland, Oregon, held a banquet in honor of Abraham Lincoln at the Commercial Club. At the club, various speeches were given. Dr. Andrew C. Smith warned about the lack of military protection on the West Coast and the danger of invasion from Japan. Judge William W. Cotton spoke in favor of President William H. Taft and criticized Theodore Roosevelt. He believes that current leaders are ignoring the tenets of the Constitution in a way that is just as bad as the South’s secession before the Civil War. Other speeches about Lincoln were also given.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-12
Uncle Sam holds a baton in his right hand and “Panama” in his left as he walks down “International Boulevard.” The “Colombia” shack has no disturbances, but there is a lot going on in the “Republic of Santo Domingo” shack with words like “secession,” “rebellion,” and “down with the government.” Caption: Policeman Sam—”I’ve have to ‘pull’ that shack yet.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-03
Standing in the “White House,” the “Lone Star State” shows President Roosevelt a paper that reads, “Resolved by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Texas—that we approve of the action of the president relative to Panama as a recognition by him of the divine right of secession.” There is a bust of Abraham Lincoln in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12
David Decamp Thompson discusses his endorsement of the Panama Republic policy and how it has been criticized by readers of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, for which he encloses clippings to demonstrate to President Roosevelt. The policy is criticized as being an endorsement of southern states’ secession in 1861. Thompson requests Roosevelt provide official documents that would help support Thompson’s assertions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-18
J. H. Woodard expresses displeasure over Senator George Frisbie Hoar’s remarks denouncing the Roosevelt administration’s Panama policy.
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1903-12-18
Summary of events at the annual meeting of the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A resolution was passed thanking President Roosevelt for recognizing the new Republic of Panama and, by extension, endorsing the right of secession.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-03
Reprint of an address delivered at Columbus, Ohio, on April 11 and April 17, 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, by the Adjutant-General of Ohio. Originally printed by Harris & Hurd, Columbus, OH, 1861.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911