The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... authority were conjured away by the confident assur- ances that Great Britain and France would eagerly embrace the cause and seek the alliance of the " Cotton king- dom , " to which European trade would be forced to do homage . The ...
... authority were conjured away by the confident assur- ances that Great Britain and France would eagerly embrace the cause and seek the alliance of the " Cotton king- dom , " to which European trade would be forced to do homage . The ...
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... authority of his gov- ernment , as is pretended by those seek- ing pretexts for rebellion , his own words will prove . In the course of his polit- ical contest for the senatorship , Douglas proposed certain questions to him , which are ...
... authority of his gov- ernment , as is pretended by those seek- ing pretexts for rebellion , his own words will prove . In the course of his polit- ical contest for the senatorship , Douglas proposed certain questions to him , which are ...
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... authority the rebellion be- fore it should be aroused in its might . The message of Buchanan , however , soon dissipated these hopes . Instead of a dignified vindication of authority , Dec. it was an ill - concealed attempt at 4 ...
... authority the rebellion be- fore it should be aroused in its might . The message of Buchanan , however , soon dissipated these hopes . Instead of a dignified vindication of authority , Dec. it was an ill - concealed attempt at 4 ...
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... authority , and not of subordinate territorial legislation . Were it otherwise , then indeed would the equality of the States in the Terri- tories be destroyed , and the right of property in slaves would depend , not upon the guarantees ...
... authority , and not of subordinate territorial legislation . Were it otherwise , then indeed would the equality of the States in the Terri- tories be destroyed , and the right of property in slaves would depend , not upon the guarantees ...
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... authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted , and to the objects which it was expressly formed to attain . ' " It is not pretended that any clause in the ...
... authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted , and to the objects which it was expressly formed to attain . ' " It is not pretended that any clause in the ...
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