Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 12
... continued uninterruptedly in Southern hands for the space of twenty - four years . A large proportion of the active politicians of the North pretended to give in their adhesion to the State Rights school of politics ; but , like all the ...
... continued uninterruptedly in Southern hands for the space of twenty - four years . A large proportion of the active politicians of the North pretended to give in their adhesion to the State Rights school of politics ; but , like all the ...
Page 15
... continued to be for a quarter of a century thereafter - extrav- agant and sentimental . The people were unwilling to stop to analyze an idea after it had once become the subject of enthu- siasm ; and the mere name of the " Union ...
... continued to be for a quarter of a century thereafter - extrav- agant and sentimental . The people were unwilling to stop to analyze an idea after it had once become the subject of enthu- siasm ; and the mere name of the " Union ...
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... continued and bitter discussion which ensued , perfectly accomplished the divi- sion of the Democratic party into two great factions , mustered under the names of " Lecompton " and " Anti - Lecompton . " The latter faction founded their ...
... continued and bitter discussion which ensued , perfectly accomplished the divi- sion of the Democratic party into two great factions , mustered under the names of " Lecompton " and " Anti - Lecompton . " The latter faction founded their ...
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... continued to vote for him for near two months , giving him within four votes of a majority upon every trial of his strength . Although he was finally withdrawn , and one of his party , not a subscriber to the Helper Book , was elected ...
... continued to vote for him for near two months , giving him within four votes of a majority upon every trial of his strength . Although he was finally withdrawn , and one of his party , not a subscriber to the Helper Book , was elected ...
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... continued and unalterable opposition to Black Republicanism ; his principles were pro- fessed to be " held subject to the decisions of the Supreme Court " -the distinction between judicial questions and politi- cal questions being ...
... continued and unalterable opposition to Black Republicanism ; his principles were pro- fessed to be " held subject to the decisions of the Supreme Court " -the distinction between judicial questions and politi- cal questions being ...
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