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... taken occasion to correct some errors , to make material annotations , and to add a supplementary chapter , tracing the progress and develop- ments of the war from the concluding point of the first year of its his- tory to the period of ...
... taken occasion to correct some errors , to make material annotations , and to add a supplementary chapter , tracing the progress and develop- ments of the war from the concluding point of the first year of its his- tory to the period of ...
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... it ; and that , in such event , the people were authorized to form for themselves a Constitution and State government , and might elect delegates for that purpose , after a census taken 24 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
... it ; and that , in such event , the people were authorized to form for themselves a Constitution and State government , and might elect delegates for that purpose , after a census taken 24 THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR .
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... taken to de- monstrate the fact , that the population of the Territory equal- led or exceeded the ratio of representation for a member of the House of Representatives . Thus ended the six months ' discussion of the Kansas question in ...
... taken to de- monstrate the fact , that the population of the Territory equal- led or exceeded the ratio of representation for a member of the House of Representatives . Thus ended the six months ' discussion of the Kansas question in ...
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... taken place between Mr. Doug- las and the administration of Mr. Buchanan . The anti - slavery sentiment in the North was conciliated by the partisans of the Illinois demagogue , in adopting a new principle for the gov- ernment of the ...
... taken place between Mr. Doug- las and the administration of Mr. Buchanan . The anti - slavery sentiment in the North was conciliated by the partisans of the Illinois demagogue , in adopting a new principle for the gov- ernment of the ...
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... taken as a decla- ration of war against the South . This position was assumed on the part of the South , not so much on account of the declaration of the anti - slavery principles in the Chicago plat- form , as from the notorious animus ...
... taken as a decla- ration of war against the South . This position was assumed on the part of the South , not so much on account of the declaration of the anti - slavery principles in the Chicago plat- form , as from the notorious animus ...
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