The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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Page 35
... seemed to make a final disposition of it ; for no one proposed to interfere with slavery in the states where it existed . the tide of emigration , rolling westward , peopling with mar- vellous rapidity our wild territory , soon revealed ...
... seemed to make a final disposition of it ; for no one proposed to interfere with slavery in the states where it existed . the tide of emigration , rolling westward , peopling with mar- vellous rapidity our wild territory , soon revealed ...
Page 37
... , and election of Mr. Buchanan , and all imme- diate danger of a disruption of the Union seemed to be over . It would have been , but for some few southern conspirators , 38 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY . who for many years had.
... , and election of Mr. Buchanan , and all imme- diate danger of a disruption of the Union seemed to be over . It would have been , but for some few southern conspirators , 38 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY . who for many years had.
Page 38
... seemed nothing to contend for but political suprem- acy , for its own sake . The southern conspirators were perfectly aware of this , and knew that if the southern states went together in a solid body , they could carry enough north ...
... seemed nothing to contend for but political suprem- acy , for its own sake . The southern conspirators were perfectly aware of this , and knew that if the southern states went together in a solid body , they could carry enough north ...
Page 39
... seemed close akin to madness , and laughed at the fears and warnings of statesmen , whom they stigmatized as " Union savers . " Yet they hesitated when they stood on the brink of the yawning abyss , whose mysterious depths , not ...
... seemed close akin to madness , and laughed at the fears and warnings of statesmen , whom they stigmatized as " Union savers . " Yet they hesitated when they stood on the brink of the yawning abyss , whose mysterious depths , not ...
Page 43
... seemed no hope for the Republic . South , also , there were almost equal distraction and division ; for between the better class of people , still adhering to the old government , or at all events unwilling to hazard the experiment of ...
... seemed no hope for the Republic . South , also , there were almost equal distraction and division ; for between the better class of people , still adhering to the old government , or at all events unwilling to hazard the experiment of ...
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