Southern History of the War: The first year of the warC.B. Richardson, 1863 - Confederate States of America |
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... whole painted and gilded mass of falsehood , the figure of Mr. Jefferson Davis , as the second Daniel come to judgment . The au- thor has no ambition to gratify in these literary elegances . In the eyes of the historian the person of Mr ...
... whole painted and gilded mass of falsehood , the figure of Mr. Jefferson Davis , as the second Daniel come to judgment . The au- thor has no ambition to gratify in these literary elegances . In the eyes of the historian the person of Mr ...
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... whole , decidedly unfavorable to the State Rights cause . His approval of the Force Bill gave to the consolidationists the benefit of his great name and influence at a most import- ant juncture . The names of " Jackson and the Union ...
... whole , decidedly unfavorable to the State Rights cause . His approval of the Force Bill gave to the consolidationists the benefit of his great name and influence at a most import- ant juncture . The names of " Jackson and the Union ...
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... whole party had been an unhealthy product ; its very foundation was a princi- ple of untruth , and false to its own section , it could not be ex- pected to adhere to friends whom it had made from interest and who had fallen into adverse ...
... whole party had been an unhealthy product ; its very foundation was a princi- ple of untruth , and false to its own section , it could not be ex- pected to adhere to friends whom it had made from interest and who had fallen into adverse ...
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... whole vote against Lincoln was thus 2,824,874 , showing a clear aggregate majority against him of nearly a million of votes . During the canvass , the North had been distinctly warned by the conservative parties of the country , that ...
... whole vote against Lincoln was thus 2,824,874 , showing a clear aggregate majority against him of nearly a million of votes . During the canvass , the North had been distinctly warned by the conservative parties of the country , that ...
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... whole country , even in the midst of a great public anxiety , with his ignorance , his vulgarity , his flippant conceit , and his Western phraseology . The North discovered that the new President , instead of having nursed a masterly ...
... whole country , even in the midst of a great public anxiety , with his ignorance , his vulgarity , his flippant conceit , and his Western phraseology . The North discovered that the new President , instead of having nursed a masterly ...
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