Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 13
... passed into a favorite phrase of Northern politics . The results of the acquiescence of the South in the wrong of the Missouri Restriction could not fail to strengthen the idea in the North of the security of the Union , and to embolden ...
... passed into a favorite phrase of Northern politics . The results of the acquiescence of the South in the wrong of the Missouri Restriction could not fail to strengthen the idea in the North of the security of the Union , and to embolden ...
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... passed the House at the same session . The repeal of the Missouri Compromise caused the deepest excitement throughout the North . The Abolitionists were wild with fury . Douglas was hung in effigy at different places , and was ...
... passed the House at the same session . The repeal of the Missouri Compromise caused the deepest excitement throughout the North . The Abolitionists were wild with fury . Douglas was hung in effigy at different places , and was ...
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... passed an act to take the sense of the people on the subject of forming a State government , preparatory to admission into the Union . The election took place , and a large majority of the people voted in favor of holding a con- vention ...
... passed an act to take the sense of the people on the subject of forming a State government , preparatory to admission into the Union . The election took place , and a large majority of the people voted in favor of holding a con- vention ...
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... passed by the Senate . In the House , an amendment , offered by Mr. Montgomery , of Pennsylvania , was adopted , to the effect that , as it was a disputed point whether the Constitution framed at Lecompton was fairly made , or ex ...
... passed by the Senate . In the House , an amendment , offered by Mr. Montgomery , of Pennsylvania , was adopted , to the effect that , as it was a disputed point whether the Constitution framed at Lecompton was fairly made , or ex ...
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... passed by a unanimous vote . On the same day Major Anderson , who was in command of the Federal forces in Charleston harbor , evacuated Fort Moultrie , spiking the guns and burning the gun - carriages , and occupied Fort Sumter , with a ...
... passed by a unanimous vote . On the same day Major Anderson , who was in command of the Federal forces in Charleston harbor , evacuated Fort Moultrie , spiking the guns and burning the gun - carriages , and occupied Fort Sumter , with a ...
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