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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... nature of our heterogeneous institutions ; -that ours was indeed ' an irrepressible conflict , ' which might have been precipitated or postponed , but could by no means have been prevented ; that the successive ' compromises , ' whereby ...
... nature of our heterogeneous institutions ; -that ours was indeed ' an irrepressible conflict , ' which might have been precipitated or postponed , but could by no means have been prevented ; that the successive ' compromises , ' whereby ...
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... nature and elements of our Federal pact , the right or wrong of Secession , the extension or restriction of Slavery under our National flag , etc. , etc. , is on record ; and we know , beyond the possibility of mistake , its precise ...
... nature and elements of our Federal pact , the right or wrong of Secession , the extension or restriction of Slavery under our National flag , etc. , etc. , is on record ; and we know , beyond the possibility of mistake , its precise ...
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... nature little inclined to man - worship , and valuing individuals only as the promoters of measures , the exponents of ideas , I have dealt with personal careers only when they clearly exhibited some phase of our National character ...
... nature little inclined to man - worship , and valuing individuals only as the promoters of measures , the exponents of ideas , I have dealt with personal careers only when they clearly exhibited some phase of our National character ...
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... natural and all but universal . We know , beyond question , that Braddock's defeat and death before Fort Du Quesne had ... nature , the general behavior of the combatants on either side has been calculated to do honor even to the men who ...
... natural and all but universal . We know , beyond question , that Braddock's defeat and death before Fort Du Quesne had ... nature , the general behavior of the combatants on either side has been calculated to do honor even to the men who ...
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... nature , might maintain ex- istence and a rude social organization amid the forests and on the prairies of the Great Valley ; any other must have experienced striking alterna- tions of factitious prosperity and uni- versal distress ...
... nature , might maintain ex- istence and a rude social organization amid the forests and on the prairies of the Great Valley ; any other must have experienced striking alterna- tions of factitious prosperity and uni- versal distress ...
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