Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... causes of our calamities are deep and permanent . They may be found to proceed , not merely from the blindness of prejudice , pride of opinion , violence of party spirit , or the con- fusion of the times ; but they may be traced to ...
... causes of our calamities are deep and permanent . They may be found to proceed , not merely from the blindness of prejudice , pride of opinion , violence of party spirit , or the con- fusion of the times ; but they may be traced to ...
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... causes of the war , it may be assumed as a truth , officially announced , that to achieve the conquest of Canadian territory , and to hold it as a pledge for peace , is the deliberate purpose of the Adminis- tration . The seaboard ...
... causes of the war , it may be assumed as a truth , officially announced , that to achieve the conquest of Canadian territory , and to hold it as a pledge for peace , is the deliberate purpose of the Adminis- tration . The seaboard ...
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... caused great indignation in the South , especially in South Carolina and Georgia . Mass meetings were held in these ... cause of his section . Indeed , South Carolina and Georgia , after recording their formal pro- tests against the ...
... caused great indignation in the South , especially in South Carolina and Georgia . Mass meetings were held in these ... cause of his section . Indeed , South Carolina and Georgia , after recording their formal pro- tests against the ...
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... causing their sentiments and feelings to be made known so as to be under- stood and appreciated by their fellow citizens in other quarters of the Union . Viewing the United States as one country , the people of the South may almost be ...
... causing their sentiments and feelings to be made known so as to be under- stood and appreciated by their fellow citizens in other quarters of the Union . Viewing the United States as one country , the people of the South may almost be ...
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... protest ) " be- cause they anxiously desire to live in peace with their brethren , to do all that in them lies to preserve and perpetuate the union of the States and the liberties of which it is 34 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... protest ) " be- cause they anxiously desire to live in peace with their brethren , to do all that in them lies to preserve and perpetuate the union of the States and the liberties of which it is 34 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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