The South as it is: Or Twenty-one Years' Experience in the Southern States of America

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Saunders, Otley, and Company, 1863 - Slavery - 306 pages
 

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Page 98 - Why, the rebel soldiers are praying with a great deal more earnestness, I fear, than our own troops, and expecting God to favor their side; for one of our soldiers who had been taken prisoner told Senator "Wilson a few days since that he met with nothing so discouraging as the evident sincerity of those he was among in their prayers.
Page 99 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated ? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 70 - Nor is this merely an external and flashy heroism. It is real. It showed itself in Congress early, and always by the courage, eloquence, skill and success with which it controlled majorities. It showed itself in the social life of Washington, by the grace, fascination and ease, the free and charming hospitality by which it governed society. It now shows itself in England and France, by the success with which it manages the courts and the circles of literature and fashion in both countries.
Page 138 - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation...
Page 72 - ... the North, and even its interiour. It will be recollected that such a eulogy of the Confederates was publicly pronounced by Dr. Bellows, one of the most popular preachers of New York. He concluded : " Well is Gen. McClellan reported to have said (privately), as he watched their obstinate fighting at Antietam, and saw them retiring in perfect order in the midst of the most frightful carnage, ' What terrible neighbours these would be ! We must conquer them, or they will conquer us ! ' " These testimonies...
Page 247 - Nor is it yet understood why the pursuit was not pressed. A rapid and persistent pursuit would have created a complete rout of the now broken, weary, and dispirited Rebels. Two hours more of such fighting as Buell's fresh men could have made, would have demoralized and destroyed Beauregard's army. For some reason this was not done, and night closed the battle.
Page 70 - Nor is this merely an external and flashy heroism : it is real. It showed itself in Congress, early and always, by the courage, eloquence, skill, and success with which it controlled majorities. It showed itself in the social life of Washington, by the grace, fascination, and ease, the free and charming hospitality, by which it...
Page 69 - Southern society has most of the virtues of an aristocracy, increased in zest by the democratic form of government, and the freedom of discussion on all topics fostered by it. It is picturesque, patriarchal, genial. It makes a landed gentry, it founds families, it favours leisure and field sports ; it develops a special class of thoughtful, responsible, guiding, and protecting minds ; it tends to elevation of sentiment and refinement of manners
Page 102 - Though we believe that this Proclamation is not all that the exigency of the times and the consequent duty of the government require, and therefore are not jubilant over it as many others — still, it is an important step in the right direction, and an act of immense historic consequence, and justifies the almost universal gladness of expression and warm congratulation which it is has simultaneously elicited in every part of the free states.
Page 70 - I will not here consider ; but one might as well deny the small feet and hands of that people, as deny a certain inbred habit of command, a contempt of life in defence of honor or class, a talent for political life, and an easy control of inferiors. Nor is this merely an external and flashy heroism...

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