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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... Constitution , took further action on the subject of the government of the western territory , raising a Select âš« Committee thereon , of which Nathan Dane , of Massachusetts , was Chair- man . That committtee reported , July 11 , " An ...
... Constitution , took further action on the subject of the government of the western territory , raising a Select âš« Committee thereon , of which Nathan Dane , of Massachusetts , was Chair- man . That committtee reported , July 11 , " An ...
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... constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican , and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles . And so far as it can be consistent with the general inter- est of the confederacy , such admission shall ...
... constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican , and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles . And so far as it can be consistent with the general inter- est of the confederacy , such admission shall ...
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... Constitution , and in what we know of the various propositions rejected in the course of its forma- tion . The purpose of this work will require only a rapid summary of what was done , and what left un- done , in relation to Human ...
... Constitution , and in what we know of the various propositions rejected in the course of its forma- tion . The purpose of this work will require only a rapid summary of what was done , and what left un- done , in relation to Human ...
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... Constitution wherein the existence of human bondage was not impliedly or constructively recognized . Hence it may be noted , that those provisions favoring or upholding Slavery , which ant of Georgia or South Carolina , who goes to the ...
... Constitution wherein the existence of human bondage was not impliedly or constructively recognized . Hence it may be noted , that those provisions favoring or upholding Slavery , which ant of Georgia or South Carolina , who goes to the ...
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... Constitution a pro- | should they be. a Constitution as they would have preferred , Slavery would have found no lodgment in it ; but already the whip of Disunion was brandished , and the fatal necessity of Compro- mise made manifest ...
... Constitution a pro- | should they be. a Constitution as they would have preferred , Slavery would have found no lodgment in it ; but already the whip of Disunion was brandished , and the fatal necessity of Compro- mise made manifest ...
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