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Page 39
... army . " " Come from the four winds , O breath ! and breathe upon these slain that they may live . " If the relative grandeur of revolutions shall be estimated by the great amount of human misery they alleviate , and the small amount ...
... army . " " Come from the four winds , O breath ! and breathe upon these slain that they may live . " If the relative grandeur of revolutions shall be estimated by the great amount of human misery they alleviate , and the small amount ...
Page 58
... army in march- ing to the Rio Grande marched into a peaceful Mexican set- tlement , and frightened the inhabitants away from their homes and their growing crops . It is a fact that Fort Brown , opposite Matamoras , was built by that army ...
... army in march- ing to the Rio Grande marched into a peaceful Mexican set- tlement , and frightened the inhabitants away from their homes and their growing crops . It is a fact that Fort Brown , opposite Matamoras , was built by that army ...
Page 59
... army reached it a young cotton crop was growing , and which crop was wholly destroyed and the field itself greatly and perma- mently injured by ditches , embankments , and the like . It is a fact that when the Mexicans captured Captain ...
... army reached it a young cotton crop was growing , and which crop was wholly destroyed and the field itself greatly and perma- mently injured by ditches , embankments , and the like . It is a fact that when the Mexicans captured Captain ...
Page 88
... army and hang the leaders of the Missouri outrages upon the Kansas elections ; still , if Kansas fairly votes her- self a slave State she must be admitted , or the Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State ...
... army and hang the leaders of the Missouri outrages upon the Kansas elections ; still , if Kansas fairly votes her- self a slave State she must be admitted , or the Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State ...
Page 93
... army and navy and treasury , in our hands and at our command , you could not do it . This government would be very weak indeed if a majority with a disciplined army and navy and a well - filled treasury could not preserve itself when ...
... army and navy and treasury , in our hands and at our command , you could not do it . This government would be very weak indeed if a majority with a disciplined army and navy and a well - filled treasury could not preserve itself when ...
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