The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Volume 8Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton William Finley & Company, 1896 - Biography |
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Page 13
... Federal Government was rampant ; the treasury was plundered ; the nation's ships were sent abroad , her troops dispersed , her arsenals stripped to furnish arms to the insurgents . On the 11th day of February , 1861 , Lincoln left his ...
... Federal Government was rampant ; the treasury was plundered ; the nation's ships were sent abroad , her troops dispersed , her arsenals stripped to furnish arms to the insurgents . On the 11th day of February , 1861 , Lincoln left his ...
Page 15
... Federal forces . General George B. McClellan , who had been success- ful in West Virginia , was then summoned to take charge of the defence of Washington . He spent the rest of the year in organizing and drilling the Army of the Potomac ...
... Federal forces . General George B. McClellan , who had been success- ful in West Virginia , was then summoned to take charge of the defence of Washington . He spent the rest of the year in organizing and drilling the Army of the Potomac ...
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... federal government to control as to slavery in our federal territories ? Upon this , Douglas holds the affirmative and Republicans the negative . This affirmative and denial form an issue ; and this issue this question - is precisely ...
... federal government to control as to slavery in our federal territories ? Upon this , Douglas holds the affirmative and Republicans the negative . This affirmative and denial form an issue ; and this issue this question - is precisely ...
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... federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory . The other of the four - James McHenry - voted against the prohibition , showing that , for some cause , he ...
... federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory . The other of the four - James McHenry - voted against the prohibition , showing that , for some cause , he ...
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... federal authority , nor anything in the Constitution , forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory . No great while after the adoption of the original Constitu- tion , North Carolina ceded to the federal ...
... federal authority , nor anything in the Constitution , forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory . No great while after the adoption of the original Constitu- tion , North Carolina ceded to the federal ...
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