A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its Causes, Character, Conduct and Results. Presented in a Series of Colloquies at Liberty HallThis book presents Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, views on the constitutional reasons for the Civil War. |
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INTRODUCTION | 7 |
COLLOQUY XIII | 17 |
ALEXANDER H STEPHENS To Face Title Page | 39 |
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