Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War |
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... tion from all the slaveholding States to retire from the hall , and to meet in the room of the Committee on the District of Columbia . A large number of them did meet for consultation in the room designated . The meeting , however ...
... tion from all the slaveholding States to retire from the hall , and to meet in the room of the Committee on the District of Columbia . A large number of them did meet for consultation in the room designated . The meeting , however ...
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... tion . The bill , however , was reconsidered in each House , and passed by a two - thirds ' vote , and thus became a binding law in the Territory , despite the veto of the Governor . On the 20th of May , 1857 , Mr. F. P. Stanton ...
... tion . The bill , however , was reconsidered in each House , and passed by a two - thirds ' vote , and thus became a binding law in the Territory , despite the veto of the Governor . On the 20th of May , 1857 , Mr. F. P. Stanton ...
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... tion ; that the national fame abroad was compromised by the association of the South in the Union ; and that a New Eng- land traveller in Europe blushed to confess himself an Ameri- can , because half of the nation of that name were ...
... tion ; that the national fame abroad was compromised by the association of the South in the Union ; and that a New Eng- land traveller in Europe blushed to confess himself an Ameri- can , because half of the nation of that name were ...
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... tion of the territorial question , and a definition of those issues on which the contest of 1860 was to be conducted : Resolved , by the Democracy of the State of Alabama in Convention assem bled , That holding all issues and principles ...
... tion of the territorial question , and a definition of those issues on which the contest of 1860 was to be conducted : Resolved , by the Democracy of the State of Alabama in Convention assem bled , That holding all issues and principles ...
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... the settlers in a Territory having an adequate popula- tion form a State Constitution , the right of sovereignty commences , and , being consummated by admission into the Union , they stand THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 31.
... the settlers in a Territory having an adequate popula- tion form a State Constitution , the right of sovereignty commences , and , being consummated by admission into the Union , they stand THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 31.
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