The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... attempt at Harper's Ferry , aroused their fears ; and the auda- cious prophecies of Republican leaders , who foretold an " irrepressible conflict , " threatened them with a resolute oppo- sition . They now began to be hopeless of future ...
... attempt at Harper's Ferry , aroused their fears ; and the auda- cious prophecies of Republican leaders , who foretold an " irrepressible conflict , " threatened them with a resolute oppo- sition . They now began to be hopeless of future ...
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... attempt at 4 . justification of its contemners , and an open declaration of their impunity . This remarkable document will be always considered a not inefficient promoter of BUCHANAN'S MESSAGE . 23 rebellion , and is now recorded 22 THE ...
... attempt at 4 . justification of its contemners , and an open declaration of their impunity . This remarkable document will be always considered a not inefficient promoter of BUCHANAN'S MESSAGE . 23 rebellion , and is now recorded 22 THE ...
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... attempt to invade their con- stitutional rights . But are such appre- hensions of contingent danger in the future sufficient to justify the immediate destruction of the noblest system of government ever devised by mortals ? From the ...
... attempt to invade their con- stitutional rights . But are such appre- hensions of contingent danger in the future sufficient to justify the immediate destruction of the noblest system of government ever devised by mortals ? From the ...
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... attempt will be made to expel the United States from this property by force ; but if in this I should prove to be mistaken , the officer in com- mand of the forts has received orders to act strictly on the defensive . In such a ...
... attempt will be made to expel the United States from this property by force ; but if in this I should prove to be mistaken , the officer in com- mand of the forts has received orders to act strictly on the defensive . In such a ...
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... attempt to take any one of them by surprise or coup de main ridiculous . " With the army faithful to its alle ... attempts to check it by resolu- tions . The debates , however , became only more angry and the discord more obvious . The ...
... attempt to take any one of them by surprise or coup de main ridiculous . " With the army faithful to its alle ... attempts to check it by resolu- tions . The debates , however , became only more angry and the discord more obvious . The ...
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