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... contest as we are waging , that we will be too favorably and generously disposed towards the government , rather than prejudiced against it - that we will be blind . to its faults , rather than eager and exacting in their exposure . The ...
... contest as we are waging , that we will be too favorably and generously disposed towards the government , rather than prejudiced against it - that we will be blind . to its faults , rather than eager and exacting in their exposure . The ...
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... contest to the contemporary world ; and putting be- fore the living generation , in a convenient form of literature , and at an early and opportune time , the name and deeds of our people . Richmond , September , 1862 . CONTENTS ...
... contest to the contemporary world ; and putting be- fore the living generation , in a convenient form of literature , and at an early and opportune time , the name and deeds of our people . Richmond , September , 1862 . CONTENTS ...
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... contest was equally unfavorable to the rights of the South and to the doctrine of the constitutional equality of the States in the Union . The only approach that the North was willing to make to this fundamental doctrine was to support ...
... contest was equally unfavorable to the rights of the South and to the doctrine of the constitutional equality of the States in the Union . The only approach that the North was willing to make to this fundamental doctrine was to support ...
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... contest between South Carolina and the General Government is well known . The Palmetto State came out of it with an enviable reputation for spirit and chivalry ; but the settlement of the question contributed to the previous popular ...
... contest between South Carolina and the General Government is well known . The Palmetto State came out of it with an enviable reputation for spirit and chivalry ; but the settlement of the question contributed to the previous popular ...
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... contest of 1860 , in which the Republican party , swollen with its triumphs in Kansas , and infecting the Democratic leaders in the North with the disposition to pander to the lusts of a growing power , obtained the control of the ...
... contest of 1860 , in which the Republican party , swollen with its triumphs in Kansas , and infecting the Democratic leaders in the North with the disposition to pander to the lusts of a growing power , obtained the control of the ...
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