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Southern confederacy is annihilation for Missouri. The true position for her to assume is that of a State whose interests are bound up in the maintenance of the Union, and whose kind feelings and strong sympathies are with the people of the Southern States with whom they are connected by ties of friendship and blood.
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The convention held its fourth session time in
Jefferson City in June 1862. In this session, the convention imposed its loyalty oath on teachers, attorneys, bank officers, and preachers, and on voters, thereby ensuring a strong Union vote in future elections. (Lincoln, who had received 10.3% of the
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The constitutional convention met for the third time in St. Louis on 10 October 1861. It abolished many state offices, cut the salaries of state employees by 20 percent, postponed the planned state election to August 1862, created provisions for a new pro-Union state militia, and enacted a loyalty
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The position of
Missouri in relation to the adjacent States which would continue in the Union, would necessarily expose her, if she became a member of a new confederacy, to utter destruction whenever any rupture might take place between the different republics. In a military aspect, secession and
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Lyon then marched his forces on
Jefferson City, entering the undefended state capital on 15 June. The executive committee of the convention called a new session to meet on July 22. Twenty of the members were now in retreat with Jackson and Price (the original chairman). Pro-Union vice chairman
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declared free all slaves in
Confederate-held territory, but not those in Union-held territory such as states that had not seceded. The final session of the convention met in June 1863 with the aim of eliminating slavery in the state. The major obstacle was a provision in the constitution that
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and Union authorities, and Union forces occupied the state capital, the convention formed a provisional state government, and functioned as a quasi-legislature for several years. The convention never did produce a new constitution; that task was delegated to a new convention, elected in 1864.
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infuriated the
Radical Republicans, who wanted slavery abolished immediately. They took their grievances to Lincoln, who refused to take sides in the dispute. Provisional governor Gamble offered to resign, but the convention would not accept it. He died in office on 31 January 1864.
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That at present there is no adequate cause to impel
Missouri to dissolve her connection with the Federal Union, but on the contrary she will labor for such an adjustment of existing troubles as will secure the peace, as well as the rights and equality of all the
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A third group opposed immediate secession, but was willing to consider secession unless the various slavery-related political questions were resolved on terms acceptable to the slave states. These men were "conditional unionists".
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Governor
Jackson rejected the request, declaring it to be illegal, arguing that the constitution gave no authority to the federal government to make war on the states. On 20 April secessionist militia companies seized the
82:(the state legislature) voted that such a drastic change in the status of Missouri was comparable to such a general revision, that the General Assembly was not empowered to decide the issue, and called a convention.
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The bill calling the convention passed on 17 January. The election was scheduled for 18 February, with three delegates chosen from each state senate district (99 total). In addition, by an amendment submitted by
90:, a secession declaration by the convention would have to be ratified in a referendum by a majority vote of the state's qualified voters. Hardin's amendment passed the state senate by only two votes, 17 to 15.
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The remaining convention members declared all of the state's elective offices to be vacant and appointed pro-Union provisional officers, some of whom were not even in the state at the time. These included:
201:. The following day Abraham Lincoln declared a state of rebellion existed and called for the states to provide troops to put down rebellion. This included a request for several regiments from Missouri.
254:, which lasted until Lyon replaced Harney. Lyon met with Governor Jackson and General Price. He gave them one hour to leave the city, telling them he intended to seize control of the state from them.
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The 1820 constitution provided for minor revisions to be made by amendment, but required that any general revision be carried out by an elected special convention. When secession was proposed, the
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Missouri could remain inactive and effectively neutral, as long there was no fighting between the Union and the
Confederacy. However, on 13–14 April, Confederate forces bombarded and captured
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The
Radicals also arranged for elections to a new constitutional convention. In November 1864, the Radicals won two-thirds of the seats to the convention, which elected Radical leader
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The convention also declared all offices of the Missouri General Assembly vacant, and ordered an election to be held in November to fill the executive and legislative offices.
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on 6 January 1865. On 11 January, the convention, by a 60 to 4 vote, abolished slavery in the state with no compensation for owners. A month later the convention approved the
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required consent of the slave's owner and payment of compensation. The state did not have enough money to do so. Therefore, the convention passed an ordinance for
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This drastic action prompted the General Assembly to pass a military bill proposed by Governor Jackson, which reorganized the militia as the
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as chairman. The committee declared that while most Missourians might sympathize with the South, secession from the Union was too dangerous.
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to abolish slavery throughout the U.S. The convention also wrote a new constitution for the state, which remained in force until 1875.
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Law Matters: A Celebration of Two Constitutions by Missouri Chief Justice Michael A. Wolff - Your Missouri Courts - September 9, 2005
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and incoming governor Jackson had declared that Missouri should remain neutral in any conflict between the Union and Confederacy.
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Journal and Proceedings of the Missouri State Convention Held at Jefferson City and St. Louis, March 1861
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Journal and Proceedings of the Missouri State Convention Held at Jefferson City and St. Louis, March 1861
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for Missouri. Lincoln rescinded it as a dangerous measure that would alienate unionists in Missouri and
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JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE Missouri State Convention, HELD AT JEFFERSON CITY AND ST. LOUIS
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The convention established a Federal relations committee, with unconditional unionist
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On March 19 the convention voted 89-1 against secession. The convention resolved:
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339:. In 1862, the convention tried unsuccessfully to abolish slavery in Missouri.
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reacted on 10 May surrounding the militia and taking them prisoner in the
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Another group opposed secession at any time; they were called
32:. The convention was elected in early 1861, and voted against
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The convention then adjourned, and reassembled on 4 March in
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On 1 March, the convention chose as chairman former governor
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by declaring secession immediately - not even waiting for
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The two unionist factions won nearly all the seats.
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36:. When open fighting broke out between Pro-
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307:oath requirement for all state officials.
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513:. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. pp.
213:. Governor Jackson plotted to seize the
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354:gradual emancipation with compensation
494:, George Knapp & Co., 1861, p. 36
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470:, George Knapp & Co., 1861, p. 46
298:The convention adjourned on July 31.
118:At that time, both outgoing governor
53:Missouri has had four constitutions:
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507:Violette, Eugene Morrow (1918).
1164:1861 establishments in Missouri
185:The convention then adjourned.
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457:St. Louis Mercantile Timeline
101:to take office as President.
647:Price's Missouri Expedition
243:as commander of the Guard.
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149:, a conditional unionist.
1159:Legal history of Missouri
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383:as governor of Missouri.
349:Emancipation Proclamation
80:Missouri General Assembly
22:constitutional convention
1149:Constitution of Missouri
120:Robert Marcellus Stewart
1154:Provisional governments
605:Harney–Price Convention
600:Capture of Camp Jackson
381:Thomas Clement Fletcher
106:unconditional unionists
320:, received 70% in the
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685:Battle of Dug Springs
510:A History of Missouri
316:Missouri vote in the
282:Secretary of State -
272:Hamilton Rowan Gamble
262:became the chairman.
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42:Claiborne Fox Jackson
24:held in the state of
366:gradual emancipation
290:George Caleb Bingham
239:. Jackson appointed
237:Missouri State Guard
63:1875 (at the end of
333:emancipation decree
230:Camp Jackson Affair
220:Union forces under
710:Blue Mills Landing
388:Mercantile Library
252:Price-Harney Truce
246:Price and General
154:Mercantile Library
72:Pendergast Machine
30:American Civil War
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215:St. Louis Arsenal
211:Liberty, Missouri
88:Charles H. Hardin
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270:Governor -
195:Fort Sumter
38:Confederate
28:during the
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1056:Cemeteries
766:Kirksville
756:New Madrid
614:Combatants
539:2013-01-18
398:References
347:Lincoln's
49:Background
1031:Newtonia
1027:Lexington
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991:Aftermath
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909:Centralia
812:Hartville
776:Lone Jack
675:Cole Camp
670:Boonville
635:Campaigns
222:U.S. Army
158:St. Louis
40:governor
34:secession
1106:Category
1012:Carthage
873:Westport
868:Big Blue
680:Carthage
337:Kentucky
224:Captain
140:Kentucky
136:Virginia
26:Missouri
1117:Commons
928:Leaders
914:Osceola
848:Glasgow
843:Sedalia
725:Belmont
656:Battles
588:Origins
168:States.
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690:Athens
442:26 Feb
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