The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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... compromises , ' whereby it was so long put off , were - however intended - deplorable mistakes , detrimental to our National charac- ter ; -that we ought - so early , at least , as 1819 - to have definitively and conclusively estab ...
... compromises , ' whereby it was so long put off , were - however intended - deplorable mistakes , detrimental to our National charac- ter ; -that we ought - so early , at least , as 1819 - to have definitively and conclusively estab ...
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... Compromise Line of 26 ° 30 ' to the Pacific . XV . The Struggle for Compromise in 1850..198 -Gov . Seward - James Brooks - Gen . Taylor - Hen- ry Clay - Jefferson Davis - Webster's 7th of March Speech - The Texas Job . XVI . The Era of ...
... Compromise Line of 26 ° 30 ' to the Pacific . XV . The Struggle for Compromise in 1850..198 -Gov . Seward - James Brooks - Gen . Taylor - Hen- ry Clay - Jefferson Davis - Webster's 7th of March Speech - The Texas Job . XVI . The Era of ...
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... Compromise adopted thereby - Congress non- concurs - Failure to compromise - Why . XXVI . The Union versus the Confederacy . .407 Organization of the Confederacy - Jefferson Da- vis chosen President , and Alex . H. Stephens Vice ...
... Compromise adopted thereby - Congress non- concurs - Failure to compromise - Why . XXVI . The Union versus the Confederacy . .407 Organization of the Confederacy - Jefferson Da- vis chosen President , and Alex . H. Stephens Vice ...
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... New York ,. New Jersey , and Pennsylvania unani- mously adopted and transmitted re- solves in favor of the proposed Re- striction ; and like resolves were 11 February 15 , 1819 . THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE . THE UNION NOT A MERE LEAGUE.
... New York ,. New Jersey , and Pennsylvania unani- mously adopted and transmitted re- solves in favor of the proposed Re- striction ; and like resolves were 11 February 15 , 1819 . THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE . THE UNION NOT A MERE LEAGUE.
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... COMPROMISE . THE UNION NOT A MERE LEAGUE . 81 VIII . debated daily , until the 19th of Feb- ruary , when a bill came down from the Senate " to admit the State of Maine into the Union , " with a rider , authorizing the people of Missouri ...
... COMPROMISE . THE UNION NOT A MERE LEAGUE . 81 VIII . debated daily , until the 19th of Feb- ruary , when a bill came down from the Senate " to admit the State of Maine into the Union , " with a rider , authorizing the people of Missouri ...
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