The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an Attempt to Explain the Real Issues Involved in the American Contest |
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... annexed to the dominions of the Southern Confederation , it would at once become the abode of slavery . Nevertheless it can scarcely be doubted that this annexation would , in the first instance , be attended with some advantages . For ...
... annexed to the dominions of the Southern Confederation , it would at once become the abode of slavery . Nevertheless it can scarcely be doubted that this annexation would , in the first instance , be attended with some advantages . For ...
Page 113
... annexed to the Union . The annexation of Texas was too successful a stroke of policy not to be regarded as a precedent . It was accordingly followed by the Mexican war of 1846 , which resulted in an easy victory over an unequal ...
... annexed to the Union . The annexation of Texas was too successful a stroke of policy not to be regarded as a precedent . It was accordingly followed by the Mexican war of 1846 , which resulted in an easy victory over an unequal ...
Page 145
... annexation of this island has long been , as all the world knows , a darling project of Southern ambition . The bearing of the acquisition on the general inte- rests of the South is very obvious . It would add to its do- main a district ...
... annexation of this island has long been , as all the world knows , a darling project of Southern ambition . The bearing of the acquisition on the general inte- rests of the South is very obvious . It would add to its do- main a district ...
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