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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... whole ; yet , in certain aspects , it has great value . He is so headlong and unquestioning a believer in the Confederacy , that he never dreams of concealing or disavowing the fundamental ideas whereon it is based ; it is precisely ...
... whole ; yet , in certain aspects , it has great value . He is so headlong and unquestioning a believer in the Confederacy , that he never dreams of concealing or disavowing the fundamental ideas whereon it is based ; it is precisely ...
Page 35
... whole committee , consisting , in addition , of Roger Sherman and Robert R. Liv- gestation , on the 28th of June ; read in Committee of the Whole on the 1st of July ; earnestly debated and scanned throughout the three follow- ing days ...
... whole committee , consisting , in addition , of Roger Sherman and Robert R. Liv- gestation , on the 28th of June ; read in Committee of the Whole on the 1st of July ; earnestly debated and scanned throughout the three follow- ing days ...
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... whole . This doctrine will , in all probability , be gradually propagated , till it has votaries enough to countenance its open avowal . For nothing can be more evident to those who are able to take an enlarged view of the subject ...
... whole . This doctrine will , in all probability , be gradually propagated , till it has votaries enough to countenance its open avowal . For nothing can be more evident to those who are able to take an enlarged view of the subject ...
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... whole continent , and you behold the prospect continually varying with the appearance and disappearance of Slavery . *** Upon what principle is it that the slaves shall be computed in the representation ? Are they men ? Then make them ...
... whole continent , and you behold the prospect continually varying with the appearance and disappearance of Slavery . *** Upon what principle is it that the slaves shall be computed in the representation ? Are they men ? Then make them ...
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... whole Union . The more slaves , the more products to employ the carrying trade ; the more consumption also ; and the more of this , the more revenue for the common treasury . He admitted it to be reason- able , that slaves should be ...
... whole Union . The more slaves , the more products to employ the carrying trade ; the more consumption also ; and the more of this , the more revenue for the common treasury . He admitted it to be reason- able , that slaves should be ...
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