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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... stand amazed at this strange spectacle . No wonder European nations are puzzled as they contemplate us from beyond the ocean . They can understand the struggle of a brave people to overthrow a Government that robs them of liberty , but ...
... stand amazed at this strange spectacle . No wonder European nations are puzzled as they contemplate us from beyond the ocean . They can understand the struggle of a brave people to overthrow a Government that robs them of liberty , but ...
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... Standing Army - Tennessee joins the South - Action of the Government - Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus - Mistake in not calling Congress together sooner .. CHAPTER V. MAY - JUNE , 1881 . Public Expectation - Position of the ...
... Standing Army - Tennessee joins the South - Action of the Government - Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus - Mistake in not calling Congress together sooner .. CHAPTER V. MAY - JUNE , 1881 . Public Expectation - Position of the ...
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... stands out unique and extraordi- nary , in all the features that compose it . Whether viewed in its colossal proportions - suddenly summoning to the field nearly a million of menor in the purely imaginary evils that produced it , or the ...
... stands out unique and extraordi- nary , in all the features that compose it . Whether viewed in its colossal proportions - suddenly summoning to the field nearly a million of menor in the purely imaginary evils that produced it , or the ...
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... stand arrayed against each other in hostile political parties , if the attitude is main- tained , peaceful dissolution or civil war must follow . It was in view of this possible calamity , that Washington , in his farewell address ...
... stand arrayed against each other in hostile political parties , if the attitude is main- tained , peaceful dissolution or civil war must follow . It was in view of this possible calamity , that Washington , in his farewell address ...
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... stand up in its own defense , is strictly another question - the great truth which should be engraven as with the point of a dia- mond on the public heart , is this : whenever the position is taken , let it be assumed with the full ...
... stand up in its own defense , is strictly another question - the great truth which should be engraven as with the point of a dia- mond on the public heart , is this : whenever the position is taken , let it be assumed with the full ...
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