Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1889 - Confederate States of America |
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... colonel or his general as readily as his comrades , whenever he could do so with impunity . Many noble youths who ... colonels of the dear old ante - bellum days - decked in gay apparel , the " cynosure of neighboring eyes , " as when ...
... colonel or his general as readily as his comrades , whenever he could do so with impunity . Many noble youths who ... colonels of the dear old ante - bellum days - decked in gay apparel , the " cynosure of neighboring eyes , " as when ...
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... colonel of a regiment of Ohio militia against William Crawford . Crawford was elected . Girty thereupon joined the band of Indians which afterwards captured Colonel Crawford and burned him at a stake . Girty turned a deaf ear to a white ...
... colonel of a regiment of Ohio militia against William Crawford . Crawford was elected . Girty thereupon joined the band of Indians which afterwards captured Colonel Crawford and burned him at a stake . Girty turned a deaf ear to a white ...
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... Colonel Wheat ( so commissioned by the Cuban Junta ) was used to say , " Suppose a weak woman gagged , manacled , dun- geoned , and completely in the power of a brutal ravisher , would you hesitate a moment to attempt her rescue even at ...
... Colonel Wheat ( so commissioned by the Cuban Junta ) was used to say , " Suppose a weak woman gagged , manacled , dun- geoned , and completely in the power of a brutal ravisher , would you hesitate a moment to attempt her rescue even at ...
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... Colonel Wheat . The vessels were lashed together , all hands on deck , and amid the silent sea his ringing voice was distinctly heard as he thus addressed them : " Fellow citizens , I hold in my hand a paper delivered to me by one of ...
... Colonel Wheat . The vessels were lashed together , all hands on deck , and amid the silent sea his ringing voice was distinctly heard as he thus addressed them : " Fellow citizens , I hold in my hand a paper delivered to me by one of ...
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... Colonel Wheat's eloquence was again called into requisition , and , assembling the men upon the beach , he addressed them in a brief but stirring speech , which so rekindled their enthusiasm that they unanimously resolved to persevere ...
... Colonel Wheat's eloquence was again called into requisition , and , assembling the men upon the beach , he addressed them in a brief but stirring speech , which so rekindled their enthusiasm that they unanimously resolved to persevere ...
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Page 229 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 218 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 347 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him: The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious; If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest (For Brutus is an honourable man, So are they all, all honourable men) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Page 218 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 374 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that...
Page 217 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 431 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 131 - ... and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority, intermingled with, or near about them, who may oppose their movements.
Page 436 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 131 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.