Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 29-31Virginia Historical Society, 1901 - Confederate States of America |
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... union flag and the Confed- erate flag entwined served as a drapery above the picture of Jefferson Davis , around whose memory the entire celebration revolved . beautiful entourage of palms and ferns completed the tasteful deco- rations ...
... union flag and the Confed- erate flag entwined served as a drapery above the picture of Jefferson Davis , around whose memory the entire celebration revolved . beautiful entourage of palms and ferns completed the tasteful deco- rations ...
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... Union because of the admission of Texas as a State , as when his own State of Mississippi actually se- oeded . The doctrine , perhaps , sounds strangely to - day in the ears of a generation which has been reared since the war under a ...
... Union because of the admission of Texas as a State , as when his own State of Mississippi actually se- oeded . The doctrine , perhaps , sounds strangely to - day in the ears of a generation which has been reared since the war under a ...
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... union established thereby was to be a " perpetual union . " Nobody had the temerity to propose such a provision in the new constitution , nor does it contain a word which hints at the surrender of this then acknowledged and asserted ...
... union established thereby was to be a " perpetual union . " Nobody had the temerity to propose such a provision in the new constitution , nor does it contain a word which hints at the surrender of this then acknowledged and asserted ...
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... Union , to terminate the compact which they had made with their sister States and to reassume the powers which had been delegated to the Federal government as a common agent . Buried in the huge , tomes of which it forms a part , this ...
... Union , to terminate the compact which they had made with their sister States and to reassume the powers which had been delegated to the Federal government as a common agent . Buried in the huge , tomes of which it forms a part , this ...
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... Union , carrying with them their property , these would inevitably be populated by settlers from the Northern States , and would come into the Union as free States , to swell the power and influence of the opposing section . The prin ...
... Union , carrying with them their property , these would inevitably be populated by settlers from the Northern States , and would come into the Union as free States , to swell the power and influence of the opposing section . The prin ...
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