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Page 35
... rebellion , and , as an indissoluble duty , to emancipate the oppressed millions in our land , whose unrighteous bondage made our glorious banner too long a " flaunting lie , " and our " Independent days " ostentatious cheats . We have ...
... rebellion , and , as an indissoluble duty , to emancipate the oppressed millions in our land , whose unrighteous bondage made our glorious banner too long a " flaunting lie , " and our " Independent days " ostentatious cheats . We have ...
Page 83
... Rebellion , by the lurid glare of the fires of treason and of civil war , how to accommodate opinion to the al- tered relations of States , interests , and sections of the people , he marched , side by side with the advancing hosts of ...
... Rebellion , by the lurid glare of the fires of treason and of civil war , how to accommodate opinion to the al- tered relations of States , interests , and sections of the people , he marched , side by side with the advancing hosts of ...
Page 97
... Rebellion by force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it , a second way is to give up the Union . I am against this . Are you for it ? If you are , you should say ...
... Rebellion by force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it , a second way is to give up the Union . I am against this . Are you for it ? If you are , you should say ...
Page 100
... Rebellion . As far as his pledges to the law and the course of events permitted , he steadily pursued this great object . Under his auspices , slavery was speedly abolished in Columbia , and prohibited in the Territories . The slave ...
... Rebellion . As far as his pledges to the law and the course of events permitted , he steadily pursued this great object . Under his auspices , slavery was speedly abolished in Columbia , and prohibited in the Territories . The slave ...
Page 102
... rebellion . There had been no adequate conception of the want of thrift and general behind - handedness , nor of the per- vading spirit at once of license and of despotism . What were called the abuses of the system were more frequent ...
... rebellion . There had been no adequate conception of the want of thrift and general behind - handedness , nor of the per- vading spirit at once of license and of despotism . What were called the abuses of the system were more frequent ...
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