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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... Secede ] The " Secession Movement " 279 The Southern Confederacy a Fact , Acknowledged by a Mighty Prince and Faithful Ally [ Satan ] . 286 The Dis - United States . 289 [ Sumner ] Letting the Cat Out of the Bag . 333 UNIV . OF ...
... Secede ] The " Secession Movement " 279 The Southern Confederacy a Fact , Acknowledged by a Mighty Prince and Faithful Ally [ Satan ] . 286 The Dis - United States . 289 [ Sumner ] Letting the Cat Out of the Bag . 333 UNIV . OF ...
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... seceding from the Union if any attempt is made to execute them . " This right to secede is deduced from the nature of the Con- stitution , which , they say , is a compact between sovereign States who have preserved their whole ...
... seceding from the Union if any attempt is made to execute them . " This right to secede is deduced from the nature of the Con- stitution , which , they say , is a compact between sovereign States who have preserved their whole ...
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... secede , because such secession does not break a league , but destroys the unity of a nation ; and any injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contravention of a compact , but it is an offence against the ...
... secede , because such secession does not break a league , but destroys the unity of a nation ; and any injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contravention of a compact , but it is an offence against the ...
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... secede alone , or together with a few of the other States , or with any number less than the whole ; but I verily believe that , if the separation of all of them in a body depended upon the voice of Georgia , that voice would boldly and ...
... secede alone , or together with a few of the other States , or with any number less than the whole ; but I verily believe that , if the separation of all of them in a body depended upon the voice of Georgia , that voice would boldly and ...
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... seceding State or States would reunite with her former sisters . To at- tempt to force a seceding State back into the Union , with the surrounding States sympathizing with the feelings and causes which impelled her to secede , and ...
... seceding State or States would reunite with her former sisters . To at- tempt to force a seceding State back into the Union , with the surrounding States sympathizing with the feelings and causes which impelled her to secede , and ...
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