Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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... Territories to the Southern Confederacy . Our Indian Allies . - The Financial Condition , North and South . - De- ceitful Prospects of Peace . - Effect of the Disasters to the South . - Action of Congress . -The Conscript Bill ...
... Territories to the Southern Confederacy . Our Indian Allies . - The Financial Condition , North and South . - De- ceitful Prospects of Peace . - Effect of the Disasters to the South . - Action of Congress . -The Conscript Bill ...
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... Territory and to be forever excluded from the remaining portion . The issue of the controversy was not only important to the slave interest , but afforded a new develop- ment of the Northern political ideas of consolidation and the ...
... Territory and to be forever excluded from the remaining portion . The issue of the controversy was not only important to the slave interest , but afforded a new develop- ment of the Northern political ideas of consolidation and the ...
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... territory acquired by the Mexican War , was but a repetition of the " Compromise " of 1820 , so far as it implied a surrender of the rights of the South and of the principle of constitutional equality . The appeals urged in behalf of ...
... territory acquired by the Mexican War , was but a repetition of the " Compromise " of 1820 , so far as it implied a surrender of the rights of the South and of the principle of constitutional equality . The appeals urged in behalf of ...
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... Territory , or District where it existed . On the contrary , they declared their readiness to give their " Southern brethren " the most satisfactory guaranties for the security of their slave property . They cloaked their designs under ...
... Territory , or District where it existed . On the contrary , they declared their readiness to give their " Southern brethren " the most satisfactory guaranties for the security of their slave property . They cloaked their designs under ...
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... Territories , as recognized by the legislation of 1850 , commonly 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 ...
... Territories , as recognized by the legislation of 1850 , commonly 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 ...
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