...hed in every parish, in which the results of public deliberations, and the births, deaths, and marriages of the citizens were entered;*** clerks were ... ...on of the laws; the town-clerk records all the town votes, orders, grants, births, deaths, and marriages; the treasurer keeps the funds; the overseer ... ...ct between the seceding States and the Union which caused the Civil War of 1861.* 137 Tocqueville ereignty of the Confederation; since they would hav... ... office, after the election of Mr. Lincoln, from November, 1860, to March, 1861, was that which enabled the seceding States of the South to com- plete... ...old Federalists, and the Democrats of the old Republicans. – T rans. Note (1861). 200 Democracy in America quired absolute supremacy in the country. ... ...se of their greatness which *A remark which, since the great Civil W ar of 1861-65, ceases to be applicable. 353 Tocqueville is the object of my inqu... ...n a struggle to maintain the Union against one or more separate States. In 1861 nine States, with a population of 8,753,000, se- ceded, and maintained...