The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin, Volume 1Gurdon Bill, 1866 - United States |
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... sent the serpent of aristocratic usurpation into our Eden , to wilt its flowers and poison its fruit . The execrable spirit , in the most malignant form it had ever developed , came over here , demand- ing that the rich should live in ...
... sent the serpent of aristocratic usurpation into our Eden , to wilt its flowers and poison its fruit . The execrable spirit , in the most malignant form it had ever developed , came over here , demand- ing that the rich should live in ...
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... sent back again to the South , tears dropped from his eyes , moisten- ing the soil which our fathers crimsoned with their blood , in support of the democratic principle , that " all men are endowed by their Creator with cer- tain ...
... sent back again to the South , tears dropped from his eyes , moisten- ing the soil which our fathers crimsoned with their blood , in support of the democratic principle , that " all men are endowed by their Creator with cer- tain ...
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... sent to France , to conduct the negociation in association with Chancellor Livingston , then our resident minister at the court of the Tuileries . The population of the United States was then but 5,000,000 . And yet eagerly we made the ...
... sent to France , to conduct the negociation in association with Chancellor Livingston , then our resident minister at the court of the Tuileries . The population of the United States was then but 5,000,000 . And yet eagerly we made the ...
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... sent , informing the Senate that the House was waiting to receive them , in order that , in joint body , the Electoral votes might be opened and counted . As the Senate entered the Hall of Repre- sentatives , the House rose , and ...
... sent , informing the Senate that the House was waiting to receive them , in order that , in joint body , the Electoral votes might be opened and counted . As the Senate entered the Hall of Repre- sentatives , the House rose , and ...
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... sent in his resignation , and immediately took office under the conspirators . Jacob Thompson , a slaveholder from Mississippi , was Secretary of the Interior . He exerted all his influence to prevent the reënforcement of the fortresses ...
... sent in his resignation , and immediately took office under the conspirators . Jacob Thompson , a slaveholder from Mississippi , was Secretary of the Interior . He exerted all his influence to prevent the reënforcement of the fortresses ...
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