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... RIVER NORFOLK OCCUPIED THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS — HON . JOHN S. MILLSON AT HOME - THE BIG RAM Mc- " VIRGINIA " BLOWN UP -FITZ JOHN PORTER'S MOVEMENTS CLELLAN , MCDOWELL , POPE , BANKS , FREMONT , SUMNER , JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON ...
... RIVER NORFOLK OCCUPIED THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS — HON . JOHN S. MILLSON AT HOME - THE BIG RAM Mc- " VIRGINIA " BLOWN UP -FITZ JOHN PORTER'S MOVEMENTS CLELLAN , MCDOWELL , POPE , BANKS , FREMONT , SUMNER , JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON ...
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... RIVER GENERAL STUART'S CAVALRY INVADE PENNSYLVANIA GREAT BATTLE AT FREDERICKSBURG BURNSIDE DEFEATED ― FARRAGUT AND BUTLER ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI LEANS CAPTURED , ―― - NEW OR- PAGES 173-193 CHAPTER X. THE END OF THE WAR . VICKSBURG ...
... RIVER GENERAL STUART'S CAVALRY INVADE PENNSYLVANIA GREAT BATTLE AT FREDERICKSBURG BURNSIDE DEFEATED ― FARRAGUT AND BUTLER ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI LEANS CAPTURED , ―― - NEW OR- PAGES 173-193 CHAPTER X. THE END OF THE WAR . VICKSBURG ...
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... River , except what is now Texas , and that pur- chased or obtained from Mexico , - cannot be charged to the spirit of slavery propagandism . The diplomatic correspondence on the subject of the pur- chase leaves no doubt on this point ...
... River , except what is now Texas , and that pur- chased or obtained from Mexico , - cannot be charged to the spirit of slavery propagandism . The diplomatic correspondence on the subject of the pur- chase leaves no doubt on this point ...
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... courtesy from him after the war was over , in Memphis , and regretted to hear , shortly after 1877 , that his friend had been drowned in the Mississippi River . • - war . Missouri gave seven members to that Congress ,
... courtesy from him after the war was over , in Memphis , and regretted to hear , shortly after 1877 , that his friend had been drowned in the Mississippi River . • - war . Missouri gave seven members to that Congress ,
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... river , they would only get in the way of the soldiers . It turned out that the soldiers got in the way of the congressmen . But when the grand consummation of the war came , in the ostracism of slavery forever , the soldiers got out of ...
... river , they would only get in the way of the soldiers . It turned out that the soldiers got in the way of the congressmen . But when the grand consummation of the war came , in the ostracism of slavery forever , the soldiers got out of ...
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Page 242 - Go through, go through the gates ; prepare ye the way of the people ; cast up, cast up the highway ; gather out the stones ; lift up a standard for the people.
Page 340 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court...
Page 102 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion...
Page 117 - Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.
Page 352 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 375 - Under this article of the constitution it rests with congress to decide what government is the established one in a State. For as the United States guarantee to each State a republican government, congress -must necessarily decide what government is established in the State before it can determine whether it is republican or not.
Page 103 - ... that the several states •who formed that Instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
Page 616 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God!
Page 161 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of...
Page 108 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the general assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the " United States of America,