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... person of Mr. Jefferson Davis is no more sacred than that of the meanest agent in human affairs . The au- thor has ... persons with the decent but fearless and uncompromising freedom of the conscientious historian . He is cer- tain that ...
... person of Mr. Jefferson Davis is no more sacred than that of the meanest agent in human affairs . The au- thor has ... persons with the decent but fearless and uncompromising freedom of the conscientious historian . He is cer- tain that ...
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... persons so childish and contempt- ibly ignorant as to have decried his work on the ground that it bas ex- posed abuses in our administration , and faults in our people , which will be a gratification and comfort to the enemy . The ...
... persons so childish and contempt- ibly ignorant as to have decried his work on the ground that it bas ex- posed abuses in our administration , and faults in our people , which will be a gratification and comfort to the enemy . The ...
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... persons , and most of them women , had , at intervals , been sent into Con- gress ; but they were of such apparent insignificance that they failed to excite any serious apprehensions on the part of the South . In the year 1836 , these ...
... persons , and most of them women , had , at intervals , been sent into Con- gress ; but they were of such apparent insignificance that they failed to excite any serious apprehensions on the part of the South . In the year 1836 , these ...
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... person or property , being destroyed or im- paired by congressional or territorial legislation . Second . That it is the duty of the Federal Government , in all its depart- ments , to protect , when necessary , the rights of persons and ...
... person or property , being destroyed or im- paired by congressional or territorial legislation . Second . That it is the duty of the Federal Government , in all its depart- ments , to protect , when necessary , the rights of persons and ...
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... persons in that section , indulging nar- row and temporizing views of the crisis , derived no little comfort and confidence from the large preponderance of the popular vote in the Presidential contest in favor of the con- servative ...
... persons in that section , indulging nar- row and temporizing views of the crisis , derived no little comfort and confidence from the large preponderance of the popular vote in the Presidential contest in favor of the con- servative ...
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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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