Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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... called , in severe irony or in wretched igno- rance , the " Compromise " of 1850 , they declared that it was the last concession they would make to the North ; that they took it as a " finality , " and that they would resist any further ...
... called , in severe irony or in wretched igno- rance , the " Compromise " of 1850 , they declared that it was the last concession they would make to the North ; that they took it as a " finality , " and that they would resist any further ...
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... called in question . The passage of the " Pinckney resolutions ; " as they were called , did not silence the anti - slavery agitation in the House . In the month of December , 1837 , a remarkable scene was enacted in that body , during ...
... called in question . The passage of the " Pinckney resolutions ; " as they were called , did not silence the anti - slavery agitation in the House . In the month of December , 1837 , a remarkable scene was enacted in that body , during ...
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... called the " straight - out " Abolition ticket , did not receive the vote of a single State , and but 175,296 of the popular vote of the Union . The triumphant election of Pierce , who was a favorite of the State Rights Democracy of the ...
... called the " straight - out " Abolition ticket , did not receive the vote of a single State , and but 175,296 of the popular vote of the Union . The triumphant election of Pierce , who was a favorite of the State Rights Democracy of the ...
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... called the Compromise Measures , is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it therefrom , but to leave the people ...
... called the Compromise Measures , is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it therefrom , but to leave the people ...
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... called a " Constitution " for Kan- sas . This so - called Constitution was submitted to the people , and was ratified , of course , by a large majority of those who voted ; scarcely any but Abolitionists going to the polls . Un- der ...
... called a " Constitution " for Kan- sas . This so - called Constitution was submitted to the people , and was ratified , of course , by a large majority of those who voted ; scarcely any but Abolitionists going to the polls . Un- der ...
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