Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War |
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... importance , and the voice of the President alone decides the conduct of the war , distributes the patronage of the government , and forces into practice the constitutional fiction of himself being the commander - in - chief of our ...
... importance , and the voice of the President alone decides the conduct of the war , distributes the patronage of the government , and forces into practice the constitutional fiction of himself being the commander - in - chief of our ...
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... important , valuable , and essential part . The author is sensible that another ignorant rule of criticism besides that of the professional political flatterer , has been unjustly applied to his work . He is informed that there are ...
... important , valuable , and essential part . The author is sensible that another ignorant rule of criticism besides that of the professional political flatterer , has been unjustly applied to his work . He is informed that there are ...
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... Importance of the Island to the South . - Death of Captain Wise . - Causes of the Disaster to the South . - Investigation in Congress . - Censure of the Government.- Interviews of General Wise with Mr. Benjamin , the Secretary of War ...
... Importance of the Island to the South . - Death of Captain Wise . - Causes of the Disaster to the South . - Investigation in Congress . - Censure of the Government.- Interviews of General Wise with Mr. Benjamin , the Secretary of War ...
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... important to the slave interest , but afforded a new develop- ment of the Northern political ideas of consolidation and the absolutism of numerical majorities . The North had acted on the Missouri matter as though the South had no ...
... important to the slave interest , but afforded a new develop- ment of the Northern political ideas of consolidation and the absolutism of numerical majorities . The North had acted on the Missouri matter as though the South had no ...
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... important question of slavery to the people ; he added , that it was never his opinion , however , that , independently of this act , the Convention would be bound to submit any portion of the Constitution to a popu- lar vote , in order ...
... important question of slavery to the people ; he added , that it was never his opinion , however , that , independently of this act , the Convention would be bound to submit any portion of the Constitution to a popu- lar vote , in order ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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