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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... peace , would have been to slight and ignore some of the noblest lessons ever given by wisdom and virtue for the instruction and guidance of mankind . It has been my aim to recognize more fully than has been usual the legitimate ...
... peace , would have been to slight and ignore some of the noblest lessons ever given by wisdom and virtue for the instruction and guidance of mankind . It has been my aim to recognize more fully than has been usual the legitimate ...
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... Peace Democracy at the North , and the Peace Conference at Wash- ington .... .388 The Tweddle Hall Convention at Albany , 1861 -Seymour , Thayer , etc .-- Peace Conference or Congress at Washington - Modified Crittenden Compromise ...
... Peace Democracy at the North , and the Peace Conference at Wash- ington .... .388 The Tweddle Hall Convention at Albany , 1861 -Seymour , Thayer , etc .-- Peace Conference or Congress at Washington - Modified Crittenden Compromise ...
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... peace , though it arrested the calamities , the miseries , and the desolations of war , was far from ushering in that halcyon state of universal prosperity and happiness which had been fondly and sanguine- ly anticipated . Thousands ...
... peace , though it arrested the calamities , the miseries , and the desolations of war , was far from ushering in that halcyon state of universal prosperity and happiness which had been fondly and sanguine- ly anticipated . Thousands ...
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... peace , a means of bending the astute and selfish Na - eous claims against France for spolia- poleon to his will . Louisiana , so re- cently and easily reacquired by France , must become a peril and a burden to her upon the outbreak of ...
... peace , a means of bending the astute and selfish Na - eous claims against France for spolia- poleon to his will . Louisiana , so re- cently and easily reacquired by France , must become a peril and a burden to her upon the outbreak of ...
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... peace of your country , the lives of its best citizens , and your own fair fame , to retrace your steps . Snatch from the archives of your State the disorganizing edict of its Convention - bid its members to reassemble and promulgate ...
... peace of your country , the lives of its best citizens , and your own fair fame , to retrace your steps . Snatch from the archives of your State the disorganizing edict of its Convention - bid its members to reassemble and promulgate ...
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