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... rebellion . They were eager to conciliate Northern anti - slavery men ; and those I knew were always gentlemen in social life . This was especially so with Slidell , Benjamin , Breckinridge , Cobb , etc. And so , when the restraint of ...
... rebellion . They were eager to conciliate Northern anti - slavery men ; and those I knew were always gentlemen in social life . This was especially so with Slidell , Benjamin , Breckinridge , Cobb , etc. And so , when the restraint of ...
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... rebellion were baffled by the up- rising that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegi- ance , and so proved at once their love of their great country and their ...
... rebellion were baffled by the up- rising that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegi- ance , and so proved at once their love of their great country and their ...
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... rebellion burst upon us he was one of the foremost and most resolute of the secession chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in Georgia , where he leaves large family connections . Before we revive the ...
... rebellion burst upon us he was one of the foremost and most resolute of the secession chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in Georgia , where he leaves large family connections . Before we revive the ...
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... rebellion was most defiant and hopeful . The last week of that July was full of excitement in Congress and the country , and I know how much labor and patience it required to keep alive the hopes of our people . The course of Powell and ...
... rebellion was most defiant and hopeful . The last week of that July was full of excitement in Congress and the country , and I know how much labor and patience it required to keep alive the hopes of our people . The course of Powell and ...
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... rebellion ? Will he shrink from arm- ed insurrection ? Will his State justify it ? Will its better pub- lic opinion allow it ? Shall we send a flag of truce ? What would he have ? Or would he conduct this war so feebly that the whole ...
... rebellion ? Will he shrink from arm- ed insurrection ? Will his State justify it ? Will its better pub- lic opinion allow it ? Shall we send a flag of truce ? What would he have ? Or would he conduct this war so feebly that the whole ...
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