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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Page 11
... never dreams of concealing or disavowing the fundamental ideas whereon it is based ; it is precisely because it stands and strikes for Slavery that he loves and glories in the Confederate cause . Then his statements of the numbers ...
... never dreams of concealing or disavowing the fundamental ideas whereon it is based ; it is precisely because it stands and strikes for Slavery that he loves and glories in the Confederate cause . Then his statements of the numbers ...
Page 21
... never obtained a settlement in any parish . I never saw a native American begging in the streets or highways . A subsistence is easily gained here : and if , by misfortunes , they are thrown on the charities of the world , those ...
... never obtained a settlement in any parish . I never saw a native American begging in the streets or highways . A subsistence is easily gained here : and if , by misfortunes , they are thrown on the charities of the world , those ...
Page 34
... never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves , and who , on the contrary , still wished to continue it . Our Northern brethren also , I believe , felt a little tender under those censures ; for , though their people had very ...
... never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves , and who , on the contrary , still wished to continue it . Our Northern brethren also , I believe , felt a little tender under those censures ; for , though their people had very ...
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... never be taken from them , without their consent ; and in their property , rights , and liberty , they shall never be invaded or disturbed , unless in just and lawful wars , authorized by Congress ; and laws , founded in justice and ...
... never be taken from them , without their consent ; and in their property , rights , and liberty , they shall never be invaded or disturbed , unless in just and lawful wars , authorized by Congress ; and laws , founded in justice and ...
Page 43
... never could agree to let them be imported without limitation , and then be represented in the National Legisla- ture . Indeed , he could so little persuade him- self of the rectitude of such a practice , that he was not sure that he ...
... never could agree to let them be imported without limitation , and then be represented in the National Legisla- ture . Indeed , he could so little persuade him- self of the rectitude of such a practice , that he was not sure that he ...
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