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... secession and the rebellion . These resolutions were com- municated to the several State Legislatures , but adopted by none , and their author , Madison , subsequently explained and repudiated them . They declared among other things ...
... secession and the rebellion . These resolutions were com- municated to the several State Legislatures , but adopted by none , and their author , Madison , subsequently explained and repudiated them . They declared among other things ...
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... secession of Georgia ; he very soon be- came more dangerous to the bogus Confederacy than he was to the cause of the good old Union . The sleek Jew , Judah P. Benjamin , the polite and wily man in black , with rounded phrase , and ...
... secession of Georgia ; he very soon be- came more dangerous to the bogus Confederacy than he was to the cause of the good old Union . The sleek Jew , Judah P. Benjamin , the polite and wily man in black , with rounded phrase , and ...
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... House without com- manding universal attention . His speech before the Georgia Legislature against secession , and in reply to Toombs , was an effort of masterly ability , eloquence and power ; 62 LINCOLN AND THE OVERTHROW OF SLAVERY .
... House without com- manding universal attention . His speech before the Georgia Legislature against secession , and in reply to Toombs , was an effort of masterly ability , eloquence and power ; 62 LINCOLN AND THE OVERTHROW OF SLAVERY .
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... secession , and , in finally giving to this monstrous crime the weight of his great name , he sinned against light and knowledge . John C. Breckenridge , a member of the old , aristocratic Breckenridge family , of Kentucky , was in this ...
... secession , and , in finally giving to this monstrous crime the weight of his great name , he sinned against light and knowledge . John C. Breckenridge , a member of the old , aristocratic Breckenridge family , of Kentucky , was in this ...
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... secession . A convention composed of these elements with such purposes , could not harmonize . The committee upon resolutions to which the subject of the platform was referred , made three reports . The majority reported resolutions ...
... secession . A convention composed of these elements with such purposes , could not harmonize . The committee upon resolutions to which the subject of the platform was referred , made three reports . The majority reported resolutions ...
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