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... issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in regard to St. Domingo certainly brings a new item within the range of our foreign policy ; but up to that time we have ...
... issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in regard to St. Domingo certainly brings a new item within the range of our foreign policy ; but up to that time we have ...
Page 134
... issue an Emancipation Proclamation , he had at that very moment a draft of the Proclamation in his desk and was only holding it for the right occasion . Three days later the Battle of Antietam provided the long - awaited opportunity ...
... issue an Emancipation Proclamation , he had at that very moment a draft of the Proclamation in his desk and was only holding it for the right occasion . Three days later the Battle of Antietam provided the long - awaited opportunity ...
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... issue ? There was more than a year and a half of trial to suppress the rebellion before the proclamation issued ; the last one hun- dred days of which passed under an explicit notice that it was coming , unless averted by those in ...
... issue ? There was more than a year and a half of trial to suppress the rebellion before the proclamation issued ; the last one hun- dred days of which passed under an explicit notice that it was coming , unless averted by those in ...
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