Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 163
... Republicans were not abolitionists ) , and it distinctly accepted the theory that slaves are property . As to states ' rights , the Republican platform conceded , " The inviolable rights of each state to order and control its own ...
... Republicans were not abolitionists ) , and it distinctly accepted the theory that slaves are property . As to states ' rights , the Republican platform conceded , " The inviolable rights of each state to order and control its own ...
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... Republican in name , though he was always a Democrat in thought and principle . The Republican national convention of 1864 contemplated this sturdy Southerner who had always stood up for the Union and came to the conclusion that he ...
... Republican in name , though he was always a Democrat in thought and principle . The Republican national convention of 1864 contemplated this sturdy Southerner who had always stood up for the Union and came to the conclusion that he ...
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... Republican convention met at Cincinnati in May , 1872 , and nominated Horace Greeley for President . The vice- presidential nominee was B. Gratz Brown . The nomination of Greeley was a gigantic mistake . He had long passed his prime ...
... Republican convention met at Cincinnati in May , 1872 , and nominated Horace Greeley for President . The vice- presidential nominee was B. Gratz Brown . The nomination of Greeley was a gigantic mistake . He had long passed his prime ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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